Our Lady Peace
Album: Burn Burn
Label: Coalition/Sony Music
Rating: ***

The good news: OLP’s Raine Maida drops all traces of his piercing aii-ee-iii-ee-iiis in his vocals and sounds more like a real singer. The bad news: The band cops copious amounts of atmospheric rock elements from the likes of Radiohead, Coldplay and U2 and converts it all into one package of formulaic, radio-friendly alt-pop. For a Canuck outfit that had been so close to separating with 2005’s Healthy In Paranoid Times, album No. 7 gives the impression that OLP still craves some more stadium-size rock acceptance. But as Brit rock-wannabes? Aii-ee-iii-ee-iii!

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