In Our Lady of Peace…

I know, their name is Our Lady Peace, even though the first week of being first introduced to them, I thought their name was Our Lady of Peace.  After taking a short hiatus period after releasing their sixth label recorded album, Healthy in Paranoid Times (2006), Our Lady Peace is back with new singles and a new album, Burn Burn.

During their hiatus, lead singer, Raine Maida, released a solo album titled The Hunter’s Lullaby.  Maida criticized the making of Healthy in Paranoid Times saying,

“we finally had succumbed to a label: making us record that many songs, trying to find the right singles for American radio and MTV.”  -Montreal Gazetter

Healthy in Paranoid Times producer Bob Rock (Metallica, Motley Crue, tons of others….), had OLP record forty-five songs during the making of the album, which created controversy between band members to which songs would make the album.  The band noted that they came dangerously close to breaking up during the making of Healthy in Paranoid Times.  The album took 1,165 days (3.25 years) to create, and may have proved the end of the band because of the differences they encountered during the making of an album they were not allow to create within their own will.

However, in February of 2007, OLP began working on the production of their seventh album, which was completed in March of 2009.  Burn Burn was produced by Maida, leaving judgment to be decided by the band.  Because of that, Maida has said that the album is a,

“proper rock album”—featuring a return to the raw originality of the band’s first album Naveed, though a “little more mature”.” -OurLadyPeace.net

Thirty tracks were recorded during the making of Burn Burn and ten tracks will be available on the album, with an added two songs as bonus tracks.  The first single released, “All You Did Was Save My Life,” was released on May 12, 2009 and reached #12 on the Canadian Hot 100 (OLP is from Canada).  A music video was also made for their first single, watch it here.

Only July 14th, OLP allowed access of their entire album on InMusic.ca.  However, only people in Canada can listen to the album.  I guess we’ll just have to wait until its U.S. release on Tuesday, July 21, 2009.

Rock, BC

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