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Patrick Watson is a Montreal indie rock band, formed in 2000 by Patrick Watson, Simon Angell, Mishka Stein and Robbie Kuster. On its second album, the group was also mentioned as The Close To Paradise Band, while they were called The Wooden Arms on the self-titled third album.
Sites: patrickwatson.net, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Wikipedia
Aliases: The Close To Paradise Band, The Wooden Arms
Members: Mishka Stein, Patrick Watson, Robbie Kuster, Simon Angell
Variations: Patrick Watson; P. Watson, Watson
Patrick Watson (born 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montréal, Québec. It also refers to the eponymous band formed by Watson, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for its experimental musicianship. Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2007.
Born in Lancaster, California to Canadian parents and raised in Hudson, Québec, Watson attended Lower Canada College. While living in Hudson, Québec, Watson worked as a pool and hot tub water analyst at Piscines et Spas Hudson. He began his musical career in high school as a member of a ska band called Gangster Politics. Patrick Watson studied music at Vanier College in Montréal.
Watson co-wrote and performed on several songs on The Cinematic Orchestra's 2007 album Ma Fleur including the opening track "To Build a Home". His "Missing Home" remix of Champion's "Guy Doune", from Champion's 2006 album The Remix Album, reached Number 1 on CBC Radio 3's R3-30 chart in early 2007.
Watson has toured with several artists, including John Cale, The Cinematic Orchestra, Cold War Kids, Amon Tobin, The Dears, Feist and James Brown. He was Starbucks "Pick of the week" free download in September 2009 and then again in June 2015.
The song "The Great Escape" was featured on episode 16 of the third season of Grey's Anatomy, which aired on February 15, 2007, on a Tropicana Canada commercial, in the movie One Week starring Joshua Jackson, in the 2010 movie The High Cost of Living, the Season 2 finale of World of Jenks, and in the 2008 movie Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur). The song was also used for the finale of the television show ReGenesis. Also, the song "Noisy Sunday" was featured on the season 3 premiere of the TV show The Walking Dead. The song was also featured on the 2012 indie movie Struck by Lightning. The songs "Big Bird in a Small Cage", "Into Giants", "Blackwind" and "Lighthouse" were featured in the 2013 film What If. The song "Good Morning Mr. Wolf" was featured on Season 3 Episode 10 of Ray Donovan in 2015.
In 2008, Watson composed the entire soundtrack for the French-Canadian film It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!). The soundtrack features collaborations by Elie Dupuis and the star of the movie, who was 12 years old at the time.
The song "Lighthouse" from the album Adventures in Your Own Backyard was featured in the TV shows American Idol, Haven, The Blacklist and The Disappearance in addition to the film Yves Saint Laurent
The song "Words in the Fire" was sampled in the 2012 hit single of the Nigerian hip hop artist MI ABAGA, titled "Ashes" in memory of four students who were killed in an unprovoked attack that same year.
The song "that home" also appeared in the American series Suits, season 2 ep. 5.
The song "Lighthouse" is featured in the IKEA advert in the UK.
"To Build a Home" was featured in the 2016 video game Steep.
In 2017, the song "To Build a Home" was featured in the season 5 finale of the hit Netflix original series Orange is the New Black.
The song "To Build a Home" was also featured in the end of the January 23, 2018 episode of This Is Us, at the end of the episode.
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Patrick Watson is a Montreal indie rock band, formed in 2000 by Patrick Watson, Simon Angell, Mishka Stein and Robbie Kuster. On its second album, the group was also mentioned as The Close To Paradise Band, while they were called The Wooden Arms on the self-titled third album.
Sites: patrickwatson.net, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Wikipedia
Aliases: The Close To Paradise Band, The Wooden Arms
Members: Mishka Stein, Patrick Watson, Robbie Kuster, Simon Angell
Variations: Patrick Watson; P. Watson, Watson
Patrick Watson (born 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montréal, Québec. It also refers to the eponymous band formed by Watson, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright, Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for its experimental musicianship. Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2007.
Born in Lancaster, California to Canadian parents and raised in Hudson, Québec, Watson attended Lower Canada College. While living in Hudson, Québec, Watson worked as a pool and hot tub water analyst at Piscines et Spas Hudson. He began his musical career in high school as a member of a ska band called Gangster Politics. Patrick Watson studied music at Vanier College in Montréal.
Watson co-wrote and performed on several songs on The Cinematic Orchestra's 2007 album Ma Fleur including the opening track "To Build a Home". His "Missing Home" remix of Champion's "Guy Doune", from Champion's 2006 album The Remix Album, reached Number 1 on CBC Radio 3's R3-30 chart in early 2007.
Watson has toured with several artists, including John Cale, The Cinematic Orchestra, Cold War Kids, Amon Tobin, The Dears, Feist and James Brown. He was Starbucks "Pick of the week" free download in September 2009 and then again in June 2015.
The song "The Great Escape" was featured on episode 16 of the third season of Grey's Anatomy, which aired on February 15, 2007, on a Tropicana Canada commercial, in the movie One Week starring Joshua Jackson, in the 2010 movie The High Cost of Living, the Season 2 finale of World of Jenks, and in the 2008 movie Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur). The song was also used for the finale of the television show ReGenesis. Also, the song "Noisy Sunday" was featured on the season 3 premiere of the TV show The Walking Dead. The song was also featured on the 2012 indie movie Struck by Lightning. The songs "Big Bird in a Small Cage", "Into Giants", "Blackwind" and "Lighthouse" were featured in the 2013 film What If. The song "Good Morning Mr. Wolf" was featured on Season 3 Episode 10 of Ray Donovan in 2015.
In 2008, Watson composed the entire soundtrack for the French-Canadian film It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!). The soundtrack features collaborations by Elie Dupuis and the star of the movie, who was 12 years old at the time.
The song "Lighthouse" from the album Adventures in Your Own Backyard was featured in the TV shows American Idol, Haven, The Blacklist and The Disappearance in addition to the film Yves Saint Laurent
The song "Words in the Fire" was sampled in the 2012 hit single of the Nigerian hip hop artist MI ABAGA, titled "Ashes" in memory of four students who were killed in an unprovoked attack that same year.
The song "that home" also appeared in the American series Suits, season 2 ep. 5.
The song "Lighthouse" is featured in the IKEA advert in the UK.
"To Build a Home" was featured in the 2016 video game Steep.
In 2017, the song "To Build a Home" was featured in the season 5 finale of the hit Netflix original series Orange is the New Black.
The song "To Build a Home" was also featured in the end of the January 23, 2018 episode of This Is Us, at the end of the episode.
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