José González: In Our Nature

The major differences concern subject matter and tone, both of which are noticeably heavier on In Our Nature. González seems preoccupied with human impulses—particularly violent ones—and nearly all of the songs on the record have an urgent, in medias res feel, as though someone switched on the tape after González had been playing for a while, and worked himself up to a high level of intensity. Nevertheless, In Our Nature is every bit as lovely as Veneer, obscuring its darker moods in music as delicately bewitching as a morning mist.