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MojoMay 20, 2015On In Circles, with its plangent, Yan Tiersen-style piano, something wonderful happens--a feeling of limitlessness opening up. [Jun 2015, p.89]
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May 12, 2015Simply put, Love Songs for Robots is gorgeous. It’s also mysterious; it doesn’t reveal all its layers on first listen.
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May 12, 2015As a satisfying internal logic begins to emerge, it’s clear that Watson has outdone himself on this ambitious and endearingly strange album.
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May 11, 2015These rapid shifts and experimental flourishes can make for a jarring listen, but they also keep Love Songs For Robots unpredictable and exciting.
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May 11, 2015Love Songs for Robots is a thoroughly accomplished album that oozes musicality from every reverb-soaked pore.
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May 6, 2015A hodgepodge of styles (electronica, jazz, reggae, rock and classical) is finessed into something stirringly cohesive.
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UncutMay 6, 2015This Montreal master proves himself, yet again, a consummate songwriter and master of atmospherics. [Jun 2015, p.84]
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Under The RadarMay 6, 2015For long-term admirers, it's standard Watson fare; a series of bucolic slow-winding country-tinted melodies led by his majestic falsetto swoop. [Apr-May 2015, p.88]
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MagnetJun 8, 2015It refracts light in multiple, appealing ways. [No. 121, p.61]
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Jun 5, 2015As a relaxing musical experience Watson has done a brilliant job.
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May 13, 2015Love Songs For Robots is ambitious without being overblown, intimate without falling to sentimentality and subtly, delicately lovely.
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May 11, 2015In the end, Love Songs for Robots is well represented by its title: weird, heartfelt, haunting, stimulating, and unexpectedly sultry; it holds much for humans to appreciate, too.
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May 14, 2015Plenty of bits tug on the heartstrings, but only in the moment. Once that swelling piano ceases or Watson stops singing, the goosebumps disappear.
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May 12, 2015Whilst it’s a brave attempt to explore new lands outside their comfort zone, it’s one that isn’t quite as rewarding and rich as Patrick Watson would have hoped.
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May 7, 2015Fans of his previous work may find the kitchen-sink approach confusing, but the likes of Grace and the title track are pearls amid the fog.
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May 6, 2015There are moments that remind us that Watson can still work a great melody, but Love Songs For Robots is by no means contains his best work.