Montreal’s Plants and Animals will come to Victoria on March 20th for a show at Lucky Bar. The same place I saw P&A years ago… and the show was so impressive.
I had heard their music from the acclaimed 2008 record Parc Avenue. But I didn’t know what to expect. I assumed they were a giant jam band for some reason…well they do have lengthy jams, but I guess I expected more. When they came to Victoria, there was just three of them. Very rock & roll looking, in that working class sense of the word. The show expanded my mind, two times (and I bought the t-shirt… and a t-shirt for my Dad).
Since that time, I have followed along on the band’s journey. Enjoying 2010’s La La Land, and now getting excited for The End of That.
Today, Lyle at EMI sent some vinyl copies of their LP and a stack of 45s for the single “Light Show.” How old school, I love it. Thank you Lyle!
I immediately retired to the Zone studio where we keep our turntable (yup… we have a turntable. I wonderful Technics, plus Boitano’s DJ set up with a pair of Stanton’s and Serato Scratch). I dropped the needle on the b-side of the “Light Show” single. Right away the lead singer Warren Spicer sets the stage at a live show… “This is a cover. By one of the first bands that took us out on tour. And showed us how to rock as it were. One of the best Montreal bands that there is.”
Plants and Animals – “I’ll Believe in Anything” (Wolf Parade cover)
Download MP3 >> Plants and Animals – I’ll Believe in Anything
The original song was an old Sub Pop single originally from 2005’s Apologies to the Queen Mary. Listening to the P&A version… just makes me want to hear the strained yelp of the Wolf Parade original. The P&A version makes the song a little more humanistic and easier to digest for sure. But I do like the weirdo jams of Wolf Parade too…
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 