The accomplished singer-songwriter Patrick Watson is back with Adventures in Your Own Backyard. It's delightfully eclectic in both instrumentation and style, providing a fun and diverse musical playground for Watson to fill his voice in. As always Watson's voice is the star, effortlessly crooning and reaching great crescendos. I especially like the influence of Latin music in "Lighthouse" and the title track. It mixes the foreign and familiar, reminding us that even a place as familiar as our own backyard can hold wild and exotic things. Count me in on this adventure.