Patrick Watson (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal, Quebec, who has formed a band also named Patrick Watson, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright,[1] Andrew Bird, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for its experimental musicianship.

Watson co-wrote and performed on several songs on the Cinematic Orchestra's 2007 album Ma Fleur including the opening track, "To Build a Home".

Watson has toured with several artists, including John Cale, the Cinematic Orchestra, Cold War Kids, Amon Tobin, the Dears, Feist and James Brown.

After creating music and releasing albums in various styles, Watson formed a group with guitarist Simon Angell, percussionist Robbie Kuster, and bassist Mishka Stein.

After several years of touring internationally—including shows in regions as distant as Beijing with Split Works in 2010[9]—the group returned to Montreal in 2011 to record their fourth studio album, Adventures in Your Own Backyard, which was released internationally in April 2012.

The album marks a subtle shift in the band's style to a simpler and less experimental sound, described by one critic as "a dreamy bath of chamber-pop and fancy cabaret, less clacky without the kitchen-utensil or bike-wheel percussion of Wooden Arms and slightly more grounded than Close to Paradise".

[10] Prior to the album's release, the band performed at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas,[11] where they were named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 25 "can't-miss acts" of the festival.

In September 2013, Watson created a T-shirt for the Yellow Bird Project to raise money for Cape Farewell, an organization which aims to instigate cultural awareness of climate change.

The song "Lighthouse" from the album Adventures in Your Own Backyard was featured in the TV shows American Idol, Haven, The Blacklist and The Disappearance in addition to the film Yves Saint Laurent.

The song "Words in the Fire" was sampled in the 2012 hit single of the Nigerian hip hop artist MI ABAGA, titled "Ashes" in memory of four students who were killed in an unprovoked attack that same year.