Patrick Watson is a Canadian band that has been making a dreamy art pop since the early 21st century. On their latest album, Love Songs for Robots, they use sci-fi metaphor and ethereal arrangements for a deeper, more introspective sound.
It’s clear blue skies, flowing brooks and chirping crickets along with synthesizers, guitars and voices when we explore the landscapes of the planet on an Echoes Earth Day Soundscape.
Patrick Watson is a Canadian band that has been making a dreamy art pop since the early 21st century. On their latest album, Love Songs for Robots, they use sci-fi metaphor and ethereal arrangements for a deeper, more introspective sound.
On the next Echoes we look to the skies with Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly when we hear music from their album, Planetarium. We’ll also hear music from singer-songwriter Lexie Roth, daughter of guitarist Arlen Roth.
Echoes March Top 25 includes the CD of the Month, Daniel Voth’s Transcendance, as well as Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn, Lisa Hannigan’s At Swim and Bonobo’s Migration.
Echoes plays new music by singer Jessica Manning and the lo-fi pop of Barclay Crenshaw.
On the next Echoes, The Cranberries return “something Else,” an album of acoustic and orchestral renditions of their best known songs from the 90s. And new music by Adam Werner.
Coming up on Echoes Slowdive returns with their first new album in 22 years. And Liset Alea, one of the voices of Nouvelle Vague, released a new album called Heart-Headed.
On the next Echoes, a band called From Indian Lakes comes in to play their intimate dreampop live. Their latest album is called Everything Feels Better Now
Coming up on Echoes music from the Arab underground when we hear Yasmine Hamdan and her new album Al Jamilat (The Beautiful Ones). We’ll also hear new music from Clannad’s Moya Brennan and her album, Canvas.