PLANTS & ANIMALS PARC AVENUE LP VINYL NEW (US) 33RPM LIMITED
1. Bye Bye Bye
2. Good Friend
3. Faerie Dance
4. Feedback in the Field
5. À L orée des bois
6. New Kind of Love
7. Early in the Morning
8. Mercy
9. Sea Shanty
10. Keep it Real
11. Guru
A sprawling collection of rootsy melodies, majestic arrangements, and classic rock riffs that owes as much to jam-band psychedelia and it does to delicately orchestrated chamber-folk. (8.0/10 review) --Pitchfork
Though PARC AVENUE is undeniably epic, Plants And Animals take a casual approach to their sound, stuffing the songs with structural shifts rather than browbeating us with grandiose statements. --Magnet
On their second full-length release, Montreal's Plants and Animals channel the spirit of a disparate batch of their Canadian cousins. While many of their tunes are based on earthy, relatively lo-fi, country/folk-inflected structures that evoke HARVEST-era Neil Young, the band simultaneously harbors loftier ambitions. For all their organic qualities, the songs sometimes feed into arrangements that work on a grand, ARCADE FIRE-type scale, elegantly unfurling with prog and psych touches that make PARC AVENUE an endearingly unpredictable experience. --Muze