JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘A PERFECT STORM’

ANNOUNCES UK & EU TOUR

PERFORMING ROUGH TRADE EAST ON 30 MAR + EVENTIM APOLLO SHOW ON 26 NOV

NEW ALBUM AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT, OUT 27 MARCH VIA CITY SLANG

Watch the lyric video for ‘A Perfect Storm’:
https://youtu.be/Eb5EEwnxhDI

Watch the video for ‘Against The Dying Of The Light’:
https://youtu.be/K9krPYK6JWM

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José González announced recently his highly-anticipated fifth solo studio album, Against The Dying Of The Light, is set to be released on 27 March 2026 via City Slang. Along with the announcement he shared a video for the title track ‘Against The Dying Of The Light’, today he has followed up with a new track and lyric video for ‘A Perfect Storm’.

As the album opener, the track sets a haunting, slow-burn atmosphere, framing José González’s unease with unchecked technological progress. The listener’s experience unfolds through intricately layered fingerpicking, tightening the tension before erupting into a thrillingly distorted peak. Anchored by his signature intricate vocal delivery, the song feels both deeply personal and quietly foreboding — a human voice straining to be heard amid accelerating systems.

Rather than offering easy answers, José captures the emotional weight of living inside this accelerating moment — caught between awe and anxiety, hope and hubris.

Speaking of the track José says:
“‘A Perfect Storm’ is about how we ourselves are creating the conditions for a more and more turbulent future. Compared to natural risks, these are man made, and therefore not random.”

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.

Pre-order Against The Dying Of The Light:
https://josegonzalez.lnk.to/ATDOTL_PS

Pre-order 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)

Tour dates:

30 Mar – London, UK @ Rough Trade East – TICKETS

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
11 Jul – Feldkirch, AT @ Poolbar
17 Jul – Göteburg, SE @ Slakthuset Block Party
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 @ Muffatthalle
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

Tickets are available here:
https://jose-gonzalez.com/