Parc Avenue, the debut long player from Canada’s Plants and Animals will be released on March 25, 2008 via Secret City Records. Described by music blog Chromewaves as “a fascinating blend of math, prog and country,” Parc Avenue is said to be filled to the brim with “everything from classic seventies guitar tones, intricately orchestrated pop, and dirty, epic post-rock.” Fans of Wolf Parade, Calexico, Andrew Bird and Grizzly Bear will likely recognize the Canadian trio from its compelling opening slots, and the rest of us can get a singular peak at Plants and Animals as they take SXSW by storm next Spring.

Secret City is streaming Parc Avenue’s “Faerie Dance” right here. More on Plants and Animals below.

PLANTS AND ANIMALS will release their first full length CD, “Parc
Avenue,” through Secret City Records (home to Miracle Fortress and
Polaris Prize winner, Patrick Watson) on March 25, 2008. This is the
follow up to “with/avec EP,” which was released in the fall of 2007.

Lead vocalist and guitarist Warren Spicer is easily recognizable in
Montreal as an increasingly sought-after producer, guitar hero, and
mustachioed gambler. Matthew Woodley (aka “The Woodman”) handles the
rolling backend of the trio on drums with Graceland-like soul (and
headband), and Nicolas Basque rounds out the group on guitar and bass,
having abandoned his acclaimed career as a theatre composer for
imminent rock glory.

Originally known for an acoustic, instrumental roots sound following a
self-titled recording in 2005, their full-length debut, “Parc Avenue,”
reveals their impressive growth into an epic-rock-pop-soul train that
rivals anything crawling out of Canada today. The eleven-song opus
weaves in and out of anthems and ballads, at times making grand
gestures, but mostly nodding at real-life moments encountered during
the album’s conception. From friends’ weddings and sewing buttons, to
dungeon-like jam spaces and Portuguese soccer fans taking over Mile End
in Montreal, “Parc Avenue” is ultimately a love-letter to their
Montreal neighborhood, friends and lovers that inspired it.

Recorded entirely to analog tape at the Treatment Room and Studio
Carillon Tropical (Spicer’s apartment), “Parc Avenue” is filled with
everything from classic seventies guitar tones, intricately
orchestrated pop, and dirty, epic post-rock. The instrumentation
includes piano, guitar, pedal steel, a host of percussion, topped with
flourishes of auto harp. Neighborhood friends who lend their talents to
the record include violinist Sarah Neufeld, country songbird Katie
Moore, the Ideal Lovers, a moonlighting cheerleading squad, a ringer
horn section, and a family choir.

Rapidly gaining a reputation for their ferociously large live shows,
Plants and Animals have recently shared bills with Wolf Parade
(including US dates in August 2007), Patrick Watson, Akron/Family,
Calexico, Iron & Wine, Andrew Bird, and Grizzly Bear. The US national
tour is slated to coincide with the album’s release and with SXSW in
March 2008.

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