Patrick Watson -- Adventures In Your Own Backyard

  Recorded in the Plateau area of Montreal, which gives me some happy nostalgia, Patrick Watson and gang made a prettily arranged Sufjan Stevens-esque album.  The songs feel like lovable nursery rhymes sung with Nick Drake sweetness.

  Adventures In Your Own Backyard reminds of my friend who introduced this music to me, the story goes, he's in his car listening to whatever with his co-worker who says, "hey man, you're into Soft Rock, eh!"  Doesn't seem like much of a statement, but for me and my buddy, whom we had never thought of ourselves as Soft Rockers, now we relish in this new fact, so ... LONG LIVE THE SOFT ROCKER!!!!  And FU if you don't like it, cause we're mellow!