'Achingly Beautiful' (San Francisco Chronicle) Group Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms Return To The States For US Dates

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - This October, Montreal natives Patrick Watson & The Wooden Arms bring the "vibrant energy" (SPIN) of 'Wooden Arms' (Secret City Records) back to the states. The band will take their luminous aural/visual reverie (replete with megaphone suit, instrument swapping, homemade sound effects, and more!) to:

Oct 15 / San Diego, CA / The Loft (UCSD)
Oct 17 / San Francisco, CA / Great American Hall
Oct 20 / Los Angeles, CA / Largo
Oct 22 / New York, NY/ Mercury Lounge (CMJ Showcase)

Their 2009 release, 'Wooden Arms' (Secret City Records), received rave reviews from US critics, is currently nominated for five Quebec Indie Music Awards, and is on the Polaris Awards Short List (Patrick is the only previous winner ever to be nominated again). Here's what reviewers are saying about 'Wooden Arms:'

"A meandering path of Puckish enthusiasm and Jeff Buckley warmth... More ambitious than on past efforts, Watson slips through quiet night spaces... Wooden Arms flares with his vibrant energy."
- Stacey Anderson, SPIN Magazine

"Buzzworthy... a beguiling, bewitching treat, like absinthe-laced
gumdrops: part rickety graveyard waltz, part hand-over-heart chamber pop, part avante garde piano theater."
- Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly Online's Artists We Like

"Exquisite and thrilling... Achingly beautiful... Gloriously
explosive... Wow."
- David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle

"I've found a new musical love and his name is Patrick Watson."
- Bob Boilen, NPR Online All Songs Considered

The last time the band was in California they stopped by a local LA
pin~ata shop to record these haunting performances for Yahoo! Music:
https://tinyurl.com/pwatsonyahoo