Uh Oh (Limited Indie Edition) (Canary Yellow Vinyl) [LP]

What is life but an endless series of "oh oh" moments? From our earliest childhood accidents to our overwhelming fears as adults, this little phrase shapes our entire existence. Just ask Montreal indie-pop maestro Patrick Watson, who recently faced the biggest "uh oh" moment a professional singer can experience.

One morning in the winter of 2023, Patrick woke up to find that his voice - the angelic instrument that catapulted his art-rock opus "Close to Paradise" to the Polaris Music Prize podium in 2006 - was completely broken.

"Of course I like singing for people, but I was also having a lot of fun with my modular [synthesizer] and diving deep into instrumental music" - a natural inclination for Patrick, who has composed over 15 film scores to date. "But then I thought to myself, 'Oh, it would be cool to write songs for all these different singers that I really want to hear sing - that way I can find a way out of this situation.' Because my voice wasn't supposed to come back. And when it did, I just thought it would still be cooler for an album to have all these other singers than to hear myself sing."

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