Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue - mp3 review
March 6th, 2008 r8e8rcom
Ode to the puffy coat passengers of the Manhattan bound F train.
When I saw the available seat between you, puffy coat sporting strap hangers, I hesitated. The space between, or rather lack thereof, was intimidating at first. Alas, the onset of exhaustion and lack of another available seat forced me to squeeze between your puffy coats to escape a tiresome commute standing with the throes of unfortunate upright travelers. But what a wonderful decision it turned out be, oh puffy coat wearing angels. Nuzzled between your puffy goodness, what wonderful slumber I would find.
I really wish people would stop calling Plants and Animals a jam band. The genre has such a negative connotation for me. I have visions of dirty, bearded white kids with dreadlocks drooling over their guitars while frumpy girls wearing moo-moo dresses spin around in circles staring at the ceiling. Montreal’s Plants and Animals evoke nothing of the sort, maybe its just my affinity for Montreal tainting my opinion at the moment, but this is definitely not a jam band. Sure there are some really long songs on this record, but no one said Joanna Newsome was “jam band” when she released yyys. If anything, these guys approach “jamming” the same way I feel like Rivers Cuomo approached guitar solos….from a songwriting perspective. The dynamic instrumental interludes, (jams, if you must) add to the character of each song and are an integral part of the album. These tracks are from their upcoming release, Parc Avenue, due out on Mercury on 3/25/08. You can pre-order it here.
Join these two NYC artists in an intimate setting for an evening of art and conversation.
March 6, 2008 6-9pm
85 South St (corner of south st and john st… across from south st seaport in lower manhattan/pier 17)
Apt 8 South, 8th Floor
New York, NY 10038
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