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| Album Rating: B |
You’d be forgiven for not knowing that Swedish-Argentine solo artist Jose Gonzalez is in a band. After all, how many successful solo artists regress to forming a band rather than breaking from the confines of one? In this instance I coin the term regress lightly, as suggesting that Junip is merely an extension of Gonzalez’s solo work is to do Junip a great disservice. In the unnatural habitat of a band Gonzalez sheds his usually reserved skin, and he occasionally allows his trademark whisper to grow and even command sections of songs - a previously unheard of occurrence. Known extensively around Europe for his commercially successful covers of The Knife’s “Heartbeats” and Massive Attack’s “Teardrop,” Gonzalez has until this point been characterised by his delicate vocal work and soft, rhythmic acoustic guitar playing.
Junip sees Gonzalez toy with those preconceptions.
