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August 1, 2007

New Patrick Watson Video - "Luscious Life"

Forget Arcade Fire, the Besnard Lakes, Feist, and Chad VanGaalen -- a lot of you seem to think this year's Polaris Prize belongs to Patrick Watson's Close To Paradise. And so a lot of you are gonna join us in loving this. Patrick's new clip sees the unabashedly Buckley-ish lush pop of "Luscious Life" paired with scratchy/flickering animation of a purging mind explosion, bookended by starry trips through the cosmos. Our cartoony hero has a moment of clarity! Behold, the illuminating power of caterwauling in 7/8.

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The man can do no wrong. His work on that newest Cinematic Orchestra album is breath-taking.

Kudos 'gum on a PW post. Now, if only The Constantines were regularly featured...

Posted by: red at 08/01/07 4:53 PM  | Reply
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never noticed how jeff buckley-y he sounded before.

Posted by: weirdvoice at 08/01/07 6:46 PM  | Reply
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not as perfect as Arcade Fire. plus, watson also ripped off the Neighborhood #2 (Laika) video as well.

Posted by: evan e at 08/01/07 9:19 PM  | Reply
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he and ed harcourt= highly underrated

Posted by: frankie at 08/01/07 11:05 PM  | Reply
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Can't argue with Close to Paradise. I loved Jeff Buckley, so if Watson wants to imitate his vocal stylings - fine by me. For that matter, bring on a whole slew of musicians as talented as this guy.

Posted by: Ju Bean at 08/02/07 8:21 AM  | Reply
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Nice find.

Posted by: dudeasincool at 08/02/07 1:48 PM  | Reply
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He also wrote and performed on a number of cuts of the Cinematic Orchestra's new album, Ma Fleur. He has also toured with James Brown--the guy gets around

Posted by: dudeasincool at 08/02/07 2:13 PM  | Reply
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