Jose Gonzalez announces new album 'Local Valley,' releases new song "Visions"

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Today, indie folk artist Jose Gonzalez has announced their first studio album in six years.

Local Valley, which is the follow-up to Gonzalez’s 2015 studio album Vestiges & Claws, will be released on September 17 via Mute Records. The first single from the record titled “Visions” can be heard below. Gonzalez said this about the new song:

“We are the apes that are starting to understand the universe and our place in it. We are changing our surroundings in an exceedingly rapid pace, so much that we’re becoming stewards of our planet whether we like it or not. As Stewart Brand said, ‘We are as gods and we have to get good at it.’ The lyrics came to me in early February 2020 just as there were more and more tweets about the possible pandemic. The topic of the song felt very timely. You can hear the birds and ambient sounds from the veranda, along with a layer of synth loops in the background."

Pre-orders for Local Valley can be made here. On April 21, Gonzalez will take part in National Geographic's Earth Day celebration, which will also feature performances from My Morning Jacket, Yo-Yo Ma, and Willie Nelson. The event will take place at 8:30 p.m. EST/5:30 p.m. PST here.

Local Valley tracklisting

1. El Invento

2. Visions

3. The Void

4. Horizons

5. Head On

6. Valle Local

7. Lasso ln

8. Lilla G

9. Swing

10. Tjomme

11. Line of Fire

12. En Stund Pa Jorden

13. Honey Honey