JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ RELEASES NEW ALBUM, AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT, VIA CITY SLANG

SHARES LYRIC VIDEO FOR SINGLE, ‘YOU & WE’

PERFORMING SOLD OUT ROUGH TRADE EAST SHOW ON MONDAY + EVENTIM APOLLO SHOW ON 26 NOV

Watch the lyric video for ‘You & We’:
https://youtu.be/txEPGg_H0Y0

Listen to Against The Dying Of The Light everywhere:
https://josegonzalez.lnk.to/ATDOTL

“Against The Dying Of The Light provides the right mix of stirring calls to action, with acoustic guitar and moments of meditation to make the years-long process a little less daunting.”
Pitchfork

“Righteous and blissful”
8/10 Uncut

“While González might go gently, he still leaves quite an impression”
4/5 Mojo

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José González has today released his fifth solo studio album, Against The Dying Of The Light, via City Slang. Following his previously-released singles, ‘Pajarito’, ‘Against The Dying Of The Light’ and ‘A Perfect Storm’, he has today shared a lyric video for the album’s final single ‘You & We‘.

The album’s penultimate track offers a soulful conclusion to the tackled subjects throughout the record. Acoustic guitar lines underpin José’s vocals, which echo within the track (“With all of my heart, I wish you well”), delivered in his signature warm, enveloping style.

Speaking of the track José says:
“Is ‘You & We’ a love song? Or does it concern the idea that an ideology focused only on the in-group is incomplete? The listener can decide. While writing it, I was inspired by gospel, soul, and choir music. I was listening to a lot of Nina Simone at the time.”

Since his previous album in 2021, Local Valley, the dramatic darkening of shadows across the global landscape has demanded blunter truth telling, carried by a more forceful, often frustrated expression from the singer-songwriter. With its focus on technological fears, alongside wider issues like the need to identify unhelpful thinking and refuse non-inclusive ideologies, Against The Dying Of The Light was born out of deep conviction as much as artistic choices.

Reflecting on the album as a whole, José explains:
“Against the Dying of the Light is a reflection on how we create hurdles to human flourishing by clinging stubbornly to dogmatic ideologies where people follow dudes who pretend to know shit they don’t know.

These are songs about how we can navigate humanity towards flourishing on an individual and a collective level. They can be listened to just for the sounds, harmonies, and rhythms but the lyrics are meant to inspire people to engage and take action by collaborating to solve collective problems.”

José’s career to date has been nothing short of momentous: four solo albums in 23 years; over 1 million physical copies sold worldwide plus a billion streams; platinum records in the UK, Australia and New Zealand; Swedish Grammy for Singer/Songwriter of the Year 2021, Local Valley, and inducted into Swedish Music Hall of Fame in 2024.

José recently took the 10% Pledge, a public commitment to give 10% of his income to effective charities fighting extreme poverty via Giving What We Can. Members of his Pledge Club have thus far donated to such charitable organisations as Helen Keller International, Against Malaria Foundation, New Incentives, and GiveWell Top Charities Fund. For more information or to request an invitation to José’s Pledge Club, please visit givewithjose.com.

Purchase the album vinyl:
http://josegonzalez.lnk.to/ATDOTL_Buy

High-res images can be found here

Photo Credit: Ellika Henriksson

‘Against The Dying Of The Light’ artwork by Hannele Fernström, hand lettering and graphic design by Robert Samsonowitz

Against The Dying Of The Light Track List:

1. A Perfect Storm
2. Etyd
3. Against The Dying Of The Light
4. For Every Dusk
5. Sheet
6. Pajarito
7. Losing Game (Sick)
8. Ay Querida
9. U / Rawls Slöja
10. Gymnasten
11. Just A Rock
12. You & We
13. Joy (Can’t Help But Sing)

José González will perform a full US tour in April + May with sold-out shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Full dates can be found here: https://jose-gonzalez.com/

UK + EU tour dates below:

30 Mar – London, UK @ Rough Trade East – SOLD OUT

25 May – Münster, DE @ Theater
26 May – Dresden, DE @ Beatpol
27 May – Hamburg, DE @ Mojo
14 Jun – Stockholm, SE @ Rosendal Garden Party
3 Jul – Gent, BE @ Gent Jazz
9 Jul – Huesca, ES @ Pirineos Sur
10 Jul – A Coruña, ES @ Palacio de la Opera
11 Jul – Feldkirch, AT @ Poolbar
17 Jul – Göteburg, SE @ Slakthuset Block Party
25 Jul – Kapolcs, HU @ Valley Of The Arts Festival
26 Jul – North Wiltshire, UK @ WOMAD Festival
29 Jul – Madrid, ES @ Teatro Real
10 Oct – Düsseldorf, DE @ New Fall Festival
28 Oct – Barcelona, ES @ Paral-lel 62
29 Oct – Valencia, ES @ La Rambleta
30 Oct – Murcia, ES @ Sala Mamba!
31 Oct – Sevilla, ES @ Cartuja Center Cite
1 Nov – Lisboa, PT @ Misty Festival, Coliseu Lisboa
2 Nov – Porto, PT @ Misty Festival, Coliseu do Porto
14 Nov – Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
15 Nov – Zurich, CH @ Volkshaus
17 Nov – Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
18 Nov – München, DE @ Muffathalle
19 Nov – Prague, CZ @ Archa+
20 Nov – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
21 Nov – Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom
23 Nov – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli Ronda
24 Nov – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
25 Nov – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
26 Nov – London, UK @ Eventim Apollo – TICKETS