PATRICK WATSON Close To Paradise (2007 Canadian limited edition 13-track CD album - This album from the Montreal four-piece is a tour de force that spans experimental noise, cabaret guitar / piano pop, stripped down gospel, electronic creeks and loops, walls of noise and Beatles-like melodies; from the soaring gospel piano of Luscious Life to otherworldly Morricone meets Tom Waits apocalyptic dustbowl of The Storm, there are no weak moments on this stunning album, housed in the fold-out digipak picture sleeve SCR2CD)