Montreal’s Plants and Animals has shared the video for “Love That Boy,” the latest track off their upcoming fifth LP, The Jungle.
A melancholic song about family, the track also has a moving resonance to this turbulent era we’re in, with lines like: “There’s a world out there / Someday I want you to show me.”
Plants and Animals singer-songwriter Warren Spicer had the following to say about the track: “It’s a song about my family, present and past, but it feels more like a meditation. I was upset, frustrated and feeling like no one knew me—the kid me, the me I still feel I am. And then writing the song chilled me out and put me right. It was a way to connect with my dead parents and with my new life as a dad, and to give everyone a proper hug.”
The music video, directed by Yann-Manuel Hernandez, was also inspired by Warren’s early life memories. Spicer continues: “I have a strong memory of being a kid in the backseat of my parent’s car driving down the road at night in Halifax. The moon was bright and I watched it as it danced, interrupted by trees, like a strobe light or a stop-motion film. It followed us as we drove and I couldn’t figure out how it was doing that. Nothing else I could see out the window kept up. Why is the moon not moving? I hadn’t thought of that for a very long time, but somehow the song brought me back to that place.”
Check out the video for “Love That Boy,” the artwork and tracklisting for The Jungle, and the band’s 2021 tour dates below. The Jungle is out on October 23 via Secret City Records. Pre-orders are available here.
Track List:
01) The Jungle
02) Love That Boy
03) House On Fire
04) Sacrifice
05) Get My Mind
06) Le Queens
07) In Your Eyes
08) Bold
Tour Dates:
02.17.2021 – Prague, CA @ Underdogs
02.18.2021 – Krakow, PL @ Klub RE
02.19.2021 – Berlin, DE @ Kantine Berghain
02.20.2021 – Groningen, NL @ Vera
02.21.2021 – Arnhem, NL @ Luxor Live
02.23.2021 – Brighton, UK @ The Albert
02.24.2021 – London, UK @ The Lexington
02.26.2021 – Paris, FR @ Le Pop Up du Label
03.12.2021 – Quebec City, QC @ D’Auteuil
03.13.2021 – Sherbrooke, QC @ La Petite Boîte Noire
03.18.2021 – Montréal, QC @ La Tulipe
03.19.2021 – Frelighsburg, QC @ Beat et Betterave
03.26.2021 – Saint-Prime, QC @ Vieux Couvent
03.27.2021 – Chicoutimi, QC @ Bistro Summum
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