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Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal, composed of guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque, and drummer-vocalist Matthew ‘the Woodman’ Woodley. They are signed to Secret City Records.

The first seeds of the band were originally planted on Canada’s salty-aired East Coast in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Young Warren C. Spicer and Matthew ‘the Woodman’ Woodley had begun playing together in high-school bands. The sea winds eventually carried them through the vast plains of Quebec to Montreal (a journey they would come to know intimately as the years wore on). It was in the now hallowed halls of Concordia University’s music department that they would come upon Nicolas Basque, a strange francophone native that shared their musical inclinations (and a trappeur’s finely-tuned taste in cuisine). It wasn’t until then that the three boys became men, signified their union with a name, and that Plants and Animals emerged from the wildlife.

In 2003 they bat out an instrumental menagerie of song-like folk-beasts, and put some of them to tape in the form of a recording that local label Ships at Night would later release. By 2005 the three young men were taming the sprawling wilderness of their sound and sculpting real songs, as Spicer also lead the way to a (hitherto unheard of) vocal domination of their material—as if he had been possessed by the ghost of some recently departed soul singer. During this time Spicer and Woodley would occasionally stop by to care for some of the neighbours—Timber, Socalled, and Katie Moore—and play. All the while, the Halifax-born were jamming and pruning with Basque, harnessing the band and its songs like a wild horse.
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  • InASafePlace

    Parc Avenue was GREAT but the self-titled was THE BEST

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  • TastySun

    I enjoy all of your Albums. But Parc Avenue is by far the best.

    March 2012

  • Beatnik24

    I'm put in that uncomfortable position where I unfortunately sound like every cliche stereotypical hipster by saying their first album was truly their best. Parc Avenue was a masterpiece, and i remember in 2007 being disappointed that they didn't receive the props or recognition that they deserved. La La Land was mediocre, a few good songs, but nothing spectacular- to be very frank. And The End of That made me sad. Like La La Land, a few stand-out songs, but no evolution, no growth, uninspiring- just a turn for a darker sound with more depressing lyrics- and P&A is one of my fav. underground bands. They're very talented and I know that they're capable of better. I also realize that being a fan isn't blindly applauding everything your favorite artist does like a sheep, but also admitting when the music isn't moving you. And 3 songs out of 11 just isn't good enough.

    March 2012

  • MaidenPriest420

    Chillin' tunes

    March 2012

  • lolijackson

    If you enjoy Plants and Animals come check out the new City Flux Mix Tape, featuring "Lightshow" and 20 other indie tracks on http://cityflux.tumblr.com

    March 2012

  • MLEchrobak2678

    not many people know about this fantastic band BUT LOOK AT HOW MANY VIEWS THEY HAVE <3.

    March 2012

  • broteko

    Hahaha, what's wrong with all there similar artists?

    March 2012

  • Avantgardian

    Self-titled > Parc Avenue > La La Land > The End of That

    March 2012
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Chers amis de la Ville de Québec...

11 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/plantsandanimals

Chers amis de la Ville de Québec,  C'est avec grande déception que nous devons canceller notre concert de vendredi soir suite à une situation personelle de dernière minute. Soyez certains que nou...

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