
"We are composing cinematic pop, as if Dolly Parton was a science fiction writer and lived in Iceland." I'm not sure exactly what Patrick Watson is talking about here, but it makes me want to learn more. Turns out his new album Wooden Arms is something of a throwback to the 1940's cartoon era, using Foley effects in place of traditional drums and other instruments. Rubbing tree branches together, striking jars with spoons, etc. Listening back again, I hear exactly the calculated oddness that springs forth from this [...]