{"id":34481,"date":"2020-06-17T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34481"},"modified":"2020-06-16T21:43:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-17T01:43:09","slug":"plants-and-animals-share-new-single-sacrifice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34481","title":{"rendered":"Plants And Animals share new single \u2018Sacrifice\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Montreal trio\u00a0Plants and Animals\u00a0have shared\u00a0<em>Sacrifice<\/em>,\u00a0a brand new, thumping, contrasting song from their upcoming album to be released in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>This is a song about what people are willing to do for feelings of acceptance and quick tastes of happiness,&#8221;<\/em> explains the band. <em>&#8220;The goal was to have two contrasting sections pushed up against each other with abrupt transitions between them. First, there&#8217;s this rhythmic cycle that&#8217;s hypnotic and intense, with a vocal line floating through it all, dreamy and unanchored. Then, pow, the clouds part and there&#8217;s a chorus that&#8217;s straight up easy. It&#8217;s the clarity of hindsight. Relishing it. And maybe a bit cocky because then we go back to the crazy again. We love playing with tension and release. It comes with its own rush.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the lyric video for <em>Sacrifice<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uNlcs2wuYq0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Plants and Animals is an iconic Montreal-based trio that began playing together as kids and emerged on the international scene in\u00a02008 with\u00a0\u2018<a href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/1\">Parc Avenue<\/a>\u2019. 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