Patrick Watson

Love Songs for Robots

Vinyl

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Love Songs for Robots presents itself as a bridge between mechanical function and about emotional wiring. An album filled with intricacy and precision, it is an invitation for listeners to explore how our feelings are fueled by science as much as something more unknowable.

Love Songs For Robots is the highly anticipated fifth record from Patrick Watson. The music was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Studio...

Love Songs For Robots is the highly anticipated fifth record from Patrick Watson. The music was recorded at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles and Studio Pierre Marchand in Montreal.

Of the record, some of which was debuted at private concerts in small loft spaces, Watson explains, “I started thinking about things in a very mechanical way. I found it interesting how we would use our senses to come up with an emotional reaction. As you get older you get to know yourself better and I realized that a lot of my emotional reactions were mechanical responses and that was hugely influential. I didn’t want to be a robot. But the reason why we are superior to computers is that we have emotions and I realized that emotions are mechanical so the only thing left between us and robots is curiosity and inspiration – and I don’t think you can program that into a computer. That’s definitely where I was at when I started writing the record.

Product Details

Vinyl
Black 12'' vinyl 140g
Packaging
Gatefold with printed inner sleeve
Label
Secret City Records
Release date
May 12, 2015

Musicians

Patrick Watson
Piano / Keyboards / Vocals
Joe Grass
Guitar / Vocals
Mishka Stein
Bass
Robbie Kuster
Drums / Vocals
Andrew Barr
Drums
Robert Kuster
Percussions
François Lafontaine
Synths
Erika Angell
Vocals
Geneviève Grenier
Ondes martenot
Marie-Pierre Arthur
Vocals
Lisa Iwanycki
Vocals
Mélanie Bélair
Vocals

Production Credits

Production
The Booze Clown
Mixing
Chandler Harrod / Patrick Watson
Sound Engineering
Chandler Harrod / Mathieu Parisien

Compositions

All songs written and composed by
Patrick Watson / Mikhail Stein / Robbie Kuster / Joe Grass