Music

Watch the Plants and Animals variety hour in their new video, "The End Of That"

by Nicole Villeneuve

Montreal’s Plants and Animals have just released the video for the title track of their new album. “The End Of That” is a performance video, not unlike their other recent clip, but this one takes its cues from 70s variety shows.

“So often the music takes a back seat to the director’s concept. I wanted to focus on the song, make it the star,” director Joe Cobden, who has worked with the band before, tells NPR. Plants and Animals liked this ridiculous clip of Englebert Humperdinck, singing ‘Quando, Quando, Quando’ on The Englebert Humperdinck Show. They suggested we shoot that kind of thing.”

“They have to make videos to promote their records. They’re not cheesy careerists, they’re excellent musicians. So we wanted to tackle that in a fun way. Plus we figured we could do those amazing sets for, like, twenty bucks.”

Watch the sleazily funny video below.