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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.
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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slonoedov wrote:
эмейzин няшки, эмейzин, ага
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showman90 wrote:
Yeah La La Land was the tits!! Don't let the shit get like that, y'all!!
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rioli wrote:
Love, love Lightshow!
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sper12 wrote:
La La Land was great. Make your own mind up and don't take your cue from the music press, who have no taste and no idea what is good. Proof: the best reviews are always for re-releases and "bootlegs" of old stuff that everyone now agrees is good. Check Metacritic and see for yrself
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ELECK wrote:
Parc Avenue was my lifeblood through the summer of 2008 (Also Oracular Spectacular.) I remember trying to articulate my love for this album to a friend but falling short. Words cannot come close to some things.
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Raya_13 wrote:
amazing guys!!! of course, it's worth to listen...
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promisedeyes wrote:
"The Mama Papa" is freaking great
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Avantgardian wrote:
Parc Avenue feels like an album whereas La La Land is like a collection of songs. Both enjoyable, but Parc Avenue is more ambitious and satisfying.
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lydiapineapple wrote:
they were great last night! hope they play more shows here int he future.
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blossomtoe wrote:
IMHO, Parc Avenue was a really complete album that showed a lot of ambition. La La Land is fine but it treads a lot of similar water, lacks songs that are are quite as strong and sags a little. Still a decent album, but not even in the same league as Parc Avenue.
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jreme_c wrote:
Imo La La Land was better than Parc Avenue.. No songs on La La Land were boring at all, just chilled. Very different vibes on that album, I love it though. Kon Tiki is one of their best songs, I don't know what that review is talking about. And Bye Bye Bye is possibly one of the best songs of all time (i'm not even kidding)
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Cuttooth84 wrote:
@ MaximusAwesomus La La Land is worth a listen, some strong moments on that second album ! :) Not better then Parc Avenue though ...
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MaximusAwesomus wrote:
Big Parc Avenue fan, but I've heard La La Land isn't very good. Is it worth listening to?
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riotmedic wrote:
Amazing show last night at the Starlight! You guys were great!
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King_Rock wrote:
Jeans Jeans Jeans sounds like old classic rock songs ! Amazing song !
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mewithoutPT wrote:
Mercy makes my day. Any day.
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Garrettcore wrote:
and the plants and animals eat each other.
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Shichman wrote:
"Parc Avenue" is amazing, the latest album i think is horrible!
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BingeListening wrote:
"If the album’s wholly forgettable tracks (“American Idol”, “Kon Tiki”, “Future From the 80′s”) were up on the same level as its best (again: “Undone Melody”, “Jeans Jeans Jeans”, as well as “Game Shows”) then it might have been able to outshine its predecessor. As it is, La La Land feels like a should-have-been EP forced into a full-length." http://www.bingelistening.com/reviews/plants-and-animals-la-la-land/
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whussupbros wrote:
I don't think Parc Avenue could be any more overlooked and under-rated. 'Tis a shame, bros, a crying shame.
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Plants and Animals, Thus:Owls - Thursday March 8 @ Ritual
Ritual Nightclub, Ottawa, Canada
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"The End of That" Album Launch
Le Cabaret du Mile End, Montreal, Canada
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Chers amis de la Ville de Québec,
C'est avec grande déception que nous devons canceller notre
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de dernière minute. Soyez
certains que nou...
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