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Patrick Watson new album: Wooden Arms

 

We're pleased to announce that http://www.wooden-arms.com/ the official website for our new album, is now live, and also streaming a song from the record. The website will be growing as the year progresses, and will be one-stop location for every single and video we release.

 

Wooden Arms is out in just over a month in Canada, and the rest of the world follows suit closely after (you can see all of the various international release dates on the album site). That's how the Wooden Arms tour is going down, too, as the full international tour has now been announced. If you don't see your town here, don't worry, we'll be playing plenty more shows as the year goes on. But this is the first leg...

 

27 Apr 2009 @ L’Impérial - Québec, Quebec

29 Apr 2009 @ Cabaret La Tulipe - Montreal, Quebec

30 Apr 2009 @ Cabaret La Tulipe - Montreal, Quebec

2 May 2009 @ Trinity St Paul’s - Toronto, Ontario

4 May 2009 @ City Winery - New York, New York

8 May 2009 @ Hotel Café - Los Angeles, California

9 May 2009 @ Cafe du Nord - San Francisco, California

11 May 2009 @ Doug Fir - Portland, Oregon

12 May 2009 @ Crocodile Cafe - Seattle, Washington

13 May 2009 @ Richard’s on Richards - Vancouver, British Columbia

15 May 2009 @ Grand Theatre - Calgary, Alberta

16 May 2009 @ Macdougall United Church - Edmonton, Alberta

24 May 2009 @ Mezz - Breda

25 May 2009 @ AB Box - Brussels

26 May 2009 @ Melkweg - Amsterdam

28 May 2009 @ Ubel und Gefahrlich - Hamburg

29 May 2009 @ Passionkirsche - Berlin

31 May 2009 @ Luxor - Cologne

2 Jun 2009 @ Maroquinerie - Paris

4 Jun 2009 @ Union - London

19 Jun 2009 @ Théâtre Granada - Sherbrooke, Quebec

 

Wooden Arms is Patrick Watson’s highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed Close to Paradise, which vaulted the man and his band to international stardom in 2007. The Montreal band toured non-stop for two years following initial Canadian release of Close to Paradise in 2006, and in many ways Wooden Arms is the story and sound of a band waking up in strange places all around the world.

 

Whether it’s the bicycle-city sound of “Beijing,” or the warmth of “a hole in the wall” in “sweet New Orleans” on “Big Bird in a Small Cage,” or the haunting European waltz of the title track, you can’t help but feel in listening to Wooden Arms like you’re on the road with the band. Sometimes it’s dirty, sometimes it’s wild, but it’s never, ever boring.

 

Close to Paradise won Canada’s prestigious Polaris Prize in 2007, turning more than a few heads in beating out offerings from Arcade Fire and Feist, among others. By the time it saw release in the United States, Europe and Japan, the band was flying all over the world, garnering rave reviews for the album and their blistering live show alike.

 

When the dust had settled the band had written enough songs on the road to lay down a new record in a few short months at the end of 2008 in Montreal. On the album’s opener,

“Fireweed,” Watson sings, “So we dug ourselves a hole, and planted all our skin; like a seed in the ground, to grow again.” And you can hear stripped down rejuvenation all over Wooden Arms; Watson’s voice and orchestrations shine brighter against a rhythmic percussive foundation that has been brought to the forefront.

 

But Wooden Arms isn’t just the sound of a band learning how to build a slicker wall of sound together. The playful album closer “Machinery of the Heavens” is almost a full on swing-tune; “Big Bird in a Small Cage” proves they’re capable of producing a perfect country-pop song, and fans of “The Great Escape” from Close to Paradise will have a hard-time resisting the heart-wrenching just-voice-and-guitar of “Man of Like You.”

 

Perhaps most importantly though, Wooden Arms showcases both Watson and his bandmates as genuine composers, and the serious musicians that they are—from the orchestral pull of “Tracey’s Waters,” to Simon Angell’s noise-twang on “Traveling Salesman” to drummer Robbie Kuster’s jaw-dropping performances and his string piece “Hommage,” to the anchor of Mishka Stein’s bass on the instrumental freak-out number, “Down at the Beach.”

Since Dejan is an incompetent moron.

 

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Hey, guess what. There is a band index.

 

But since you're a complete idiot you dont' know how to use it.

 

Save the mods some work dude.

hey piece of shit,the search function is fucked up,don't brake my balls and fuck off

Since Dejan is an incompetent moron.

 

bump

 

your father is a moron (and you are the proof).

fuckin stupid canadian

Its called the band index and its stickied, and its easy to use. That is assuming you have the brain capacity to read and write. But judging by your actions on the forum you possess neither.

stupid horse

can you tell me WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME ASSHOLE ?

Get a fuckin life

stupid horse

 

stupid whore

To not make multiple threads for one band. :rolleyes:

I'm not the one swearing and freaking out here.

That was a very good come back. Wow. Keep it up.

To not make multiple threads for one band. :rolleyes:

I'm not the one swearing and freaking out here.

 

you are not the one swearing and freaking out ?

take a look @ your first post,idiot

Its something that I've mentioned to you multiple times and I was very civil about it. But its obvious that you don't understand what I'm saying.

 

I'm sorry, I don't have time for people who can't respond to anything logically.

Its something that I've mentioned to you multiple times and I was very civil about it. But its obvious that you don't understand what I'm saying.

 

I'm sorry, I don't have time for people who can't respond to anything logically.

 

you are not a mod/admin so you don't have to say a damn thing about what i can/can't do.

IDIOT.

get a fuckin life

Give it a rest dude.

Good news to hear :)