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Plants And Animals

La La Land

Second album of guitar rock with touches of retro folk and psychedelia from the Montreal trio

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6.2

Label
Secret City
UK Release date
20/04/2010
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  1. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    ... expanding and expounding upon the band's sound in a way that is utterly thrilling while still retaining all the muted joy and gentle perfection of Parc Avenue
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  2. 8.0 |   BBC

    The closest we get to a concession that there was life after 1975 is penultimate track Future from the 80s, a beautiful piece of low-strummed ambience
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  3. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Their debut was naive, messy and fun; this album sees the band acting all earnest in pursuit of a more 1970s-style AOR record. This seriousness has somewhat damaged the output
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  4. 7.0 |   Blurt

    By the time the amps stop ringing, you feel you've travelled through a cohesive, front-to-back, old-fashioned album, one that you probably wouldn't be surprised to learn still got plenty of spins decades down the line
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  5. 6.1 |   Pitchfork

    While La La Land may not be the stellar follow-up that Parc Avenue deserved, it does offer something for fans willing to look beyond its tarted-up exterior
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  6. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Plants and Animals are still stretching, still trying to swell around us, and pull us into their world. On this record, they’re just a little more up front, and little less theatric, about it
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  7. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    La La Land is a sign of a band who aren't afraid to forge their own path at the risk of a lack of commercialism
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  8. 5.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    These new songs ultimately fail to find a proper balance between Plants And Animals instinctive desire to create something new and their tendency to overtly honor their influences
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  9. 4.0 |   No Ripcord

    In what was already an inane, washed-up concept to begin with, P&A fail to enlighten by opting to deliver trite lyrics and characterless humor for their own amusement
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