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PLANTS AND ANIMALS-"Parc Avenue"

Jul 24, 2009, 4:52am

Ladies and gentlemen, at long last, the best album of 2008. I can't believe I didn't get a chance to hear this until the last month, and then only because a small blogger turned me on to it. What a revelation Plants and Animals are from Montreal, and "Parc Avenue" is not their debut. But it is extraordinary. The lead cut is ironically named "Bye Bye Bye," but it ain't no N'Sync cover. It's an apt intro cut, with the refrain, "What's gonna happen to you? You have woke up too soon," sung over [...]

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