youtube post!

here are two great videos I just saw recently for bands I love. I know, it's kind of a cop-out to only post videos since I know you all just want music, but whatever. I do what I want.

Plants and Animals are a Canadian band that I've posted before, and I only just found out about this video for their song "Feedback in the Field." the song is amazing but the clip is even better: googly eyes, stop-motion animation, furry hats, dancing children's toys, and the inexplicable presence of a pterodactyl all make for one of the creepiest and cutest videos I've seen recently.



and secondly, a friend just showed me this new one for The New Trust's song "Breathe Underwater." I don't know if this video is an official one, but I hope so because it is fucking precious. the entire clip is home video-style footage of the band playing in the waves. a fitting (and adorable) video for a great song. I love this band, and you should too.



enjoy. I'll have new music to post soon.

fuck I love canadians!

Plants and Animals sound a bit like the Polyphonic Spree crossed with Sufjan Stevens and fellow Canadian indie folk band The Acorn (whom I love and will probably be posting about later). I don't really know quite how to describe their sound except as folk-esque: obvious folk influences with some charming '60s pop vocal harmonies, a few remarkably danceable bass lines, and twinkling (yes, twinkling) guitars. maybe "indie folk pop rock cuteness that really isn't cute but more badass in a really cute way" describes them better? I am not really sure yet.

my personal favorite song on this album is the adorably beautiful ode to youth "New Kind of Love" - it starts out with quietly whispered vocals and acoustic guitars, and then builds layers until it morphs into a bona fide rock-out, with a wailing chorus and some surprisingly fierce drumming for a folk record.


Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue
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myspace.com/plantsandanimals
plantsandanimals.ca