Parc Avenue - Plants and Animals
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78 out of 100

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  • Summary: The debut album for the Montreal, Quebec-based indie rock trio.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Under The Radar
    90
    Parc Avenue was carefully constructed to open your eyes to the subtle beauty of everyday life and it suceeds effortlessly. [Spring 2008, p.84]
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  2. Pitchfork
    80
    Plants and Animals may not be the first band to put Montreal on the musical map, but, with this album's there's-no-place-like-home vibe, they are certainly the first to celebrate it so warmly
  3. cokemachineglow
    75
    Parc Avenue often strays too far into excess and departure for departure’s sake to enjoy the brand of a songwriter’s tour-de-force.... But as a fully realized and lovingly sculpted aesthetic, there may be few stronger full-length debuts waiting in this year’s wings.
  4. Slant Magazine
    30
    It is their failure to do little beyond noodle energetically and evoke the work of others that dooms Parc Avenue to mediocrity.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
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  1. KellyC.
    10
    Can't stop listening to this one. This one is definitely staying on my top ten list for this year.
  2. rubs.
    10
    Superb album. it grows and grows on you with every listen. thoroughly enjoy this band!
  3. KurtC.
    8
    These guys are ambitious. Three friends from high-school and college started up the folk-prog/post-classic-rock Plants and Animals (PA) up on Canada
  4. DNile
    7
    This is a decent album spanning a mix of genres. You'll find rock, folk, country, and blues with a splash of psychedelia, all making this a worthwhile debut Indie album. The first half seems to "stick" better than the second which tends to blend/get-lost more into the background. Overall, it's not too bad and I'm glad I purchased it.… Expand

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