LP, Reissue
peacefrog (2023) EU
Recorded in José González’s cramped Gothenburg apartment with just a four-track recorder and, later, a computer and Cubase, Veneer in fact probably couldn’t have been any more honest or uncompromising. Two decades later, Veneer remains utterly exceptional, from its hushed opener, “Slow Moves,” to its fragile closer, “Broken Arrows,” with the likes of the mesmerizing “Crosses,” the spellbinding “Deadweight On Velveteen” (his first single, released in 2000) and the rhythmically entrancing “Lovestain” still as timeless as they were 20 years ago.