Plants and Animals

By Shane Handler July 24, 2008 If there’s an underdog pick for album of the year so far – Plants and Animals’ Parc Avenue deserves some consideration. The Montreal band, originally an acoustic/instrumental roots acts has grown into an expansive rock pop engine of epic anthems and ballads, much like fellow Montrealers Arcade Fire. We emailed wise guy drummer Matthew Woodley a few questions…just don’t call him “hippie.” Parc Avenue has been out for a few months now- has the album met your expectations? The album took us two years to make, on and off, messing with a lot of things, throwing out a lot and trying a lot of ideas. There eventually came a point where we decided it was finished. Then we got a record deal with a great label, and, while they worked on putting it out, we started looking for a celebrity endorser. We've... [read full story]