Random Start: José González, “Killing For Love” ...

My name is Riley, and I play drums and write music for a band called Thrice.

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Random Start: José González, “Killing For Love”

I’m happy this popped up in the shuffle this morning, because the acoustic crooning of a Swedish-Argentine indie folk singer-songwriter and guitarist is about all my skull can handle at the moment. (It’s full of snot and on the brink of exploding.)

I’m a huge fan of González’s guitar playing, and while his voice is a bit more frail than what I usually tend to gravitate toward when I listen to singer-songwriterly stuff, there’s something about that frailty that perfectly complements his semi-aggressive guitar style.

Buy In Our Nature here.