Our Lady Peace – Burn Burn

Releasedate: 21-07-2009; Label: Coalition Entertaiment
By: Lara Cappelli

Our Lady Peace is a Canadian band formed in 1992. They released seven albums so far and with their latest one “Burn Burn” they’re establishing themselves more and more on the alternative rock scene.

Our Lady Peace last release was back in 2005 with the album “Healthy In Paranoid Times” and since then a lot of things changed: producer, first of all, which changed from Bob Rock to Raine Maida himself, singer of the band. I think this change gave the band more freedom, and above all moved them away from the commercial mark they were falling in. Moreover I definitely think that all this time helped the band in developing their style a lot. You wouldn’t say it just by listening to the first single of the album “All You Did Was Save My Life” which is quite the typical Our Lady Peace’s song, but listening to the whole album again and again. In fact, this is that kind of album that needs time to be understood in every way but when the time comes, you start to go into the songs, or at least this is what happened to me. Every song has its own story and atmosphere which is to be found in deep and emotional lyrics, from the energetic “Monkey Brains” to “Paper Moon”, in which Raine Maida’ falsetto is back again after a long absence in OLP’s music.
I’d say this is a very relaxing album more concentred on slower songs with good melodies and full of new ideas as well that took the band on a higher level.

Tracklist: 1. All You Did Was Save My Life 2. Dreamland 3. Monkey Brains 4. The End Is Where We Begin 5. Escape Artist 6. Refuge 7. Never Get Over You 8. White Flags 9. Signs of Life 10. Paper Moon

Links:
Our Lady Peace MySpace
Our Lady Peace Official