I’ve been hearing a lot of this album recently on the radio - but it wasn’t until last week that I actually got a chance to grab a copy for myself. I was impressed with Jose Gonzalez first album attempt - Veneer and still listen to that album off and on to this day. That being said - I had big, no huge expectations for this new album. I wasn’t disappointed at all - from the outset you are given ‘How Low’ - this song is one of my favorites on the album. It starts off smooth and slow but finds a way to slowly amp up (well, amp up as much as a solo guitarist singing soft rock can…) I know why Jose decided to start the album off with this track - it really eases you in.

Like all good albums you can listen to this in it’s entirety - without skipping a single track. There are two stand outs in my mind on this album - the first being ‘Down the line’ which is the second track on the album. I am not sure what it is with artists - but tracks 2 and 3 always seem to be the stand outs. Don’t ask me why because I sure don’t know.

The second stand out has to be his cover of the Massive Attack song - Teardrop. If you are wondering where you have heard that tune before (like I was, it annoyed me for weeks!) it’s the introduction music for the TV show - House M.D. While I was doing my research for this review (that’s right, research folks!) I found out that Jose Gonzalez is quite a fan of covers - having done Heartbeats by The knife, Born in the U.S.A and The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springsteen, Love will tear us apart by Joy Division and Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat.

Overall rating: 80/100

If you’d like to purchase In Our Nature you can do so through Amazon for $10.97 If you don’t already own his first album, Veneer I’d suggest picking that up also for Amazon for $13.99.

Listen to Jose Gonzalez - Down the Line