Swedish pop singer/songwriter Jose Gonzalez [ tickets ] has added dates to his current North American tour, extending the trek into the final weeks of the year.

The singer, who is of Argentinean descent, but was born and raised in Sweden, will kick off his trek Sept. 25--two days after the release of his second album, "In Our Nature"--with the first of a pair of shows in New York City.

The newly added dates come into the picture after the tour takes a breather in mid-October before picking up again Nov. 24 in Vancouver. Including the new shows, Gonzalez will hit 23 cities on the trek; all dates are listed below.

"In Our Nature" is the singer's long-awaited follow-up to his 2003 debut album, "Veneer," which gained attention in the US after the inclusion of its song "Crosses" on 2005's season-ending episode of the television series "The O.C." The set was subsequently reissued later that year, and an EP, "Stay in the Shade," followed last January.

Gonzales said in a message posted at his website that he "didn't want to write about love" on the new album, but instead sought to "find other, though equally universal themes for the songs," adding that he drew inspiration for the new songs from reading "The God Delusion" by British evolutionary botanist Richard Dawkins.

"But the lyrics are far from biological, I'd like to point that out," Gonzalez added. "It's mainly the theme that interests me."