Biography

Though he was born in California, Canadian singer and pianist Patrick Watson was raised outside Montreal, in Hudson, Quebec, singing in the local church choirs as a boy, studying jazz and classical piano performance, composition, and arrangement, and singing and playing keyboards in the ska band Gangster Politics in high school. Watson left the band after graduating and began to explore other types of music, including electronica and ambient. In 2002, after returning from a trip to Vietnam, he decided to start a four-piece chamber pop group, bringing in bassist Mishka Stein, drummer Robbie Kuster (both of whom he had met at university), and former Gangster Politics guitarist Simon Angell. The group (which was technically a solo project with a backing band) released Just Another Ordinary Day independently and began performing around Canada, including at the 2005 Pop Montreal Festival, a show that led to the formation of Secret City Records, the label that issued Patrick Watson's sophomore album, Close to Paradise (which featured the same band), in the fall of 2006, with a release in the U.S. the following year. Watson's third full-length album, Wooden Arms, arrived in spring 2009, and was nominated for that year's Polaris Music Prize. The emotional yet pared down Adventures in Your Own Backyard followed in 2012. . Though he was born in California, Canadian singer and pianist Patrick Watson was raised outside Montreal, in Hudson, Quebec, singing in the local church choirs as a boy, studying jazz and classical piano performance, composition, and arrangement, and singing and playing keyboards in the ska band Gangster Politics in high school. Watson left the band after graduating and began to explore other types of music, including electronica and ambient. In 2002, after returning from a trip to Vietnam, he decided to start a four-piece chamber pop group, bringing in bassist Mishka Stein, drummer Robbie Kuster (both of whom he had met at university), and former Gangster Politics guitarist Simon Angell. The group (which was technically a solo project with a backing band) released Just Another Ordinary Day independently and began performing around Canada, including at the 2005 Pop Montreal Festival, a show that led to the formation of Secret City Records, the label that issued Patrick Watson's sophomore album, Close to Paradise (which featured the same band), in the fall of 2006, with a release in the U.S. the following year. Watson's third full-length album, Wooden Arms, arrived in spring 2009, and was nominated for that year's Polaris Music Prize. The emotional yet pared down Adventures in Your Own Backyard followed in 2012.

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1.	Turn Into the Noise (From "The W..	Turn Into the Noise (From &..	6:42	$1.29
2.	Lighthouse	Adventures in Your Own Back..	4:46	$0.99
3.	Great Escape	Close to Paradise	3:07	$1.29
4.	Adventures in Your Own Backyard	Adventures in Your Own Back..	4:51	$0.99
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6.	Sit Down Beside Me	Sit Down Beside Me - Single	4:32	$1.29
7.	Bright Shiny Lights	Close to Paradise	2:34	$1.29
8.	Sleeping Beauty	Close to Paradise	5:33	$0.99
9.	Man Under the Sea	Close to Paradise	3:29	$0.99
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12.	Mr. Tom	Close to Paradise	2:48	$0.99
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14.	Weight of the World	Close to Paradise	4:40	$1.29
15.	Giver	Close to Paradise	3:27	$0.99
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17.	Daydreamer	Close to Paradise	4:34	$1.29
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19.	Sunday	Just Another Ordinary Day	3:29	$0.99
20.	Fall	Just Another Ordinary Day	5:14	$0.99
21.	Gealman	Just Another Ordinary Day	5:35	$0.99
22.	Brigitte's Theme	Just Another Ordinary Day	4:40	$0.99
23.	Shame	Just Another Ordinary Day	7:28	$0.99
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