Patrick Watson: Adventures In Your Own Backyard – review

(Domino)After touring 2006's Close to Paradise and then 2009's Wooden Arms for five gruelling years, (the band) Patrick Watson opted to record the follow-up in (their singer) Patrick Watson's apartment. Those shared names must cause much confusion on the road, not to mention the fact that they sound a lot like Antony & the Johnsons and a bit less like fellow Montrealers Arcade Fire. There's a shattered feel to many of the songs here: world-weary words delivered with hazy ennui. With Watson's mu...

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