Patrick Watson – the singer/songwriter, film composer and pianist based in Montreal, Canada – returns with new single ‘Silencio’, featuring the rising French singer-songwriter November Ultra.
Inspired by an experience where Watson couldn’t speak or sing for nearly three months, ‘Silencio’ explores some of the impressions that came to him during this time: does he talk too much?; the anxiety that comes with reliving a conversation, learning to be a better listener and the power of silence.
The song will be part of a larger album project that Watson has been finishing, inspired by his missing voice, with more details to be announced soon.
He wrote the song with longtime collaborator, co-writer and bandmate Mishka Stein and November Ultra. Watson and November Ultra first met while taping a radio show at France Inter together in Paris, where they were booked on the same day (they will return to the same radio show – Côté Club – together for the release of ‘Silencio’). The song was recorded in a painter’s studio in Paris (Studio Alterio of artist Ruben Alterio), overlooking Montmartre.
‘Silencio’ is sung in both Spanish and English, with November Ultra starting the song with her otherworldly and delicate vocals. Watson describes the process of making it as “magical.” “Her wonderful wit and beautifully soft caring tone was very inspiring. The song just kind of wrote itself, as though it was a conversation we had been having our whole lives. It was lovely,” he says.
Stream / purchase ‘Silencio’ here.
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