“Places You Will Go”, is the new single from Patrick Watson’s forthcoming LP, Love Songs For Robots. The track premiered today in North America.

The fifth record from Watson will be available on May 12th through Secret City Records. Love Songs For Robots is the follow up to Watson’s 2012 release, Adventures In Your Own Backyard. To celebrate the release, the band will head out on a worldwide tour, with additional dates to be announced.

The album 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 wanted to make a science fiction R n’ B meets Vangelis erotica with a zest of folk kind of record.” It was only halfway through writing the record when the artist found himself having, by his own submission, “a bad year” did more personal themes begin to creep in. “I started thinking about how emotional reactions were more mechanical than we think and the only thing left between us and artificial intelligence is the act of inspiration. Just food for thought.”

Watson composes, performs and records his albums with his full band of almost a decade, which includes Joe Grass (guitars), Robbie Kuster (drums/percussion) and Mishka Stein (bass). Raised and still living in Montreal, Watson himself has composed 15 scores for both film and television, including a trailer for The Walking Dead and Wim Wenders’ new 3D film, Everything Will Be Fine, where he performed the songs Cynical World (an original for the film) and Lighthouse.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
Apr 1 – Wakefield, QC – The Blacksheep Inn
Apr 2 – Wakefield, QC – The Blacksheep Inn (w/Jesse Mac Cormack)
Apr 14 – Lévis, QC – L’Anglicane (w/Ludovic Alarie)
Apr 15 – Lévis, QC – L’Anglicane (w/Ludovic Alarie)
Apr 18 – Shawinigan, QC – Maison de la culture Francis-Brisson (w/Michael Feuerstack) – SOLD OUT
Apr 19 – Saint-Casimir, QC – Théâtre de la Taverne (w/Michael Feuerstack)
May 8 – Amsterdam, NL – Melkweg (old room)
May 9 – Maastricht, NL – Muziekgieterij
May 11 – London, UK – Bush Hall
May 13 – Paris, FR – Café de la Danse
May 14 – Luxembourg, LX – Rockhal
May 15 – Berlin, DE – Gruener Salon
May 17 – Brussels, BE – Cirque Royale (w/Villagers)
May 23 – Toronto, ON – Echo Beach, CBC Music Festival
May 27 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
May 28 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
May 30 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair
May 31 – Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre
Jun 2 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel (w/Villagers)
Jun 4 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Forever (w/Villagers)
Jun 6 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah