Burn Burn

Sound DNA

• Alt/Indie
• Alternative Rock

• layered
• earnest
• urban

About

Released four years after 2005’s <i>Healthy In Paranoid Times</i>, Our Lady Peace’s seventh studio album was produced by the band’s singer Raine Maida. Maida has been busy co-writing songs with <i>American Idol</i>’s seventh season winner David Cook, who championed O.L.P. as his biggest influence. The collaboration with Cook also may be why <i>Burn Burn</i> sounds more accessible than any of O.L.P.'s prior works. But though <i>Burn Burn</i> may sound sleeker, the songs are well crafted and show a maturity in content and arrangement. The opening hit “All You Did Was Save My Life” instantly propels O.L.P. into the intelligent arena-rock stratosphere with the likes of U2, Coldplay and Kings Of Leon. “Monkey Brains” is another standout track, bouncing and lulling with the pomp and romance of a Britpop band, not unlike the reunited Verve. “Paper Moon” closes the album — a power ballad that plays with the triumphant feel of a cinematic climax.

via Apple Music

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