MUSIC

Fitzgerald's presents Plants And Animals. 

Montreal-based trio Plants and Animals formed in 2004 around the talents of Warren Spicer (guitar, vocals), Matthew Woodley (drums, percussion, vocals), and Nicolas Basque (guitar, bass, vocals). The band's genre-jumping sound blends rootsy, acoustic-heavy folk and country with elements of classic and progressive rock. The first seeds of the band were originally planted on Canada's salty-aired East Coast in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Young Warren C. Spicer and Matthew ‘the Woodman' Woodley had begun playing together in high-school bands.

The sea winds eventually carried them through the vast plains of Quebec to Montreal (a journey they would come to know intimately as the years wore on). It was in the now hallowed halls of Concordia University's music department that they would come upon Nicolas Basque, a strange francophone native that shared their musical inclinations (and a trappeur's finely-tuned taste in cuisine). It wasn't until then that the three boys became men, signified their union with a name, and that Plants and Animals emerged from the wildlife.

Their self-titled debut was released in 2005, followed by another EP, With/Avec, in 2007 and finally a full-length album, Parc Avenue, in 2008 on the Secret City label. Plants And Animals released La La Land in 2010.