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Review: Plants And Animals - Parc Avenue:

Sep 25, 2008, 8:14am UponFirstListen
Upon first listen it's not as if this is a bad album. It's just that it passes by and you don't take a whole lot away from it. Some of the tracks are too long for their own good, employing minimally-grandiose (ha!) instrumental sections that offer little to the song. TheirSpace Purchase for $13.03
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