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Patrick Park is a Colorado native that grew up outside of Denver, surrounded by words and music. His mother is a published poet, and his father played folk and blues on the guitar around the house. "I've written songs since I was a kid," he says. "There was nothing else that I really wanted to do - I was obsessed with it. I pretty much decided at the age of 13 or 14 that this was what I wanted to do." Now with three outstanding EPs and two critically acclaimed full lengths to his name, Patrick Park is set to release his strongest set of songs yet with the new Come What Will LP.

Patrick Park's ernest start at becoming a songwriter came after he had moved to Los Angeles. While his first demo album was underway, which he recorded in the back of a store that a friend's girlfriend owned, Park began playing solo shows in LA, and the local press immediately reacted. His fellow artists took notice as well, and soon he was opening shows for Richard Buckner and Gomez. Before he even had a proper recording, Beth Orton handpicked Park as the supporting act on her U.S. tour. Hollywood Records also took notice, and signed the young singer. While recording for the major label, Badman Recording Co. released Park's gorgeous, well received, six song EP: Under the Unminding Skies. Park released his first LP Loneliness Knows My Name in 2003 (Hollywood Records) and immediately hit the road, touring with My Morning Jacket, David Gray, Liz Phair, The Thrills, Rachael Yamagata, Granddaddy and more. As the album drew praise from critics, Patrick won over crowds show by captivating show with his intimate, nuanced live performance.

Problems with Hollywood Records appeared and began to challenge the future of Park's next album as the label stalled on giving the go ahead to record new tracks. Unfettered, Park ended up recording a whole new record without them knowing, working with several producers including Dave Trumfio, Rob Schapf (Elliott Smith, Beck) and Chris Stamey (Whiskeytown). When the album was done, Park left a copy on his A&R guy's doorstep with a note which simply said: this is my second record. A four year struggle to get off the label followed until Patrick was able to release the outstanding Everyone's in Everyone full length. The album was a hit, making several year-end Best Of lists, lead off track, " Life Is A Song" was featured as the final song on the final episode of The O.C. and viewed by over eight million people, and the second single "Here We Are" was one of Stereogum's most downloaded tracks of 2007.

As on his first two records, Park returned to working with his friend, producer Dave Trumfio (Built to Spill, Wilco), in creating Come What Will. Free from any label constraints and now a seasoned artist able to call his own shots, Park exercised great creativity in the writing and recording the new album. For Come What Will, Park would write a song and then immediately go into the studio and record when the songs were super fresh and new. A few songs were recorded at his home in one take in the middle of the night- in the same room where his girlfriend was asleep. A strong thread of redemption and a rebirth runs through much of the album's songs -mixed in with a healthy dose of regret and the odd bit of "oh fuck , the world is falling apart."

"Park is an inheritor of the Elliott Smith melancholy mantle, with a less edgy and more traditional bent, and one of the great heartbreaking voices working in the acoustic singer-songwriter world today." - LA Times