It's been a looooong time since I've updated this, and for that I apologize, I'll do better I promise. I was going to update it earlier, but I wanted to wait until I listened to a recent album worthy of high appraisal. What is it with Canadians and musical talent? So much great music coming from Canada these days! Last year, Plants and Animals released the album 'Parc Avenue', and I think it's easily one of the best albums of the year. It's like jam-band meets classic rock meets Queen. (how can that possibly go wrong?)
My personal favorite track on the album is 'New Kind of Love.' It sneaks up on you... at first it's almost as if you're listening to a folk trio, then the song explodes and the vocals go "wild"... expanding from what sounds like arena rock to a few monks chanting at the top of their lungs.
The entire disc covers an array of different genres, sometimes accomplishing that in the same song. I wasn't prepared for all that upon first listen, so I immediately listened to it in it's entirety two more times. Needless to say I was shocked and awed. It's both beautiful and explosive, which is so rarely pulled off throughout an entire album these days.
You can stream a few songs here: http://www.myspace.com/plantsandanimals
Buy the album (on vinyl!), support the artist.
Like I said, I promise I will update more!
J.B.
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