Uh Oh

Description

What is life if not an endless series of "uh-ohs"? From our first childhood mishaps to our greatest adult anxieties, it’s a little phrase that resonates throughout our existence. On the path to creating his new album, Montreal indie-pop maestro Patrick Watson faced the biggest "uh-oh" a professional singer could endure. One morning in the winter of 2023, Patrick woke up to find that his voice – the angelic instrument that propelled *Close to Paradise*, the carnival-esque art-rock opus from 2006, to win the Polaris Music Prize and made his piano lullaby "Je te laisserai des mots" the first French-language track to exceed a billion streams on Spotify – had completely vanished. He then considered composing for artists he admired and who surrounded him, and crafted a masterful album like a true pop-folk conductor. With his voice finally restored and the album project preserved, we find Patrick Watson more inspired than ever, surrounded by leading collaborators: Charlotte Cardin, Charlotte Oleena, Hohnen Ford, Klô Pelgag, La Force, MARO, Martha Wainwright, November Ultra, and Solann.