Jul. 22, 2009 - Issue #718: Real as an Animal
Our Lady Peace
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Listening to Burn Burn is like finding nuggets of gold amidst a mixture
that at first appears to consist mostly of sand and water. "Dreamland" and
"Never Get Over You" have lovely intros and attention-grabbing bridges, but
just kill the mood with generic, sappy choruses. "Monkey Brains" offers an
ode to the band's debut Naveed, but goes all cut-and-paste weird when an
unhurried, acoustic ballad is sandwiched between rolling grunge-inspired
instrumentals backed by Raine Maida's voice, quietly sinister at times;
slightly neurotic, otherwise. Burn Burn begins to heat up with "Escape
Artist" and "Refuge," songs which mirror the delicate anguish that
encompassed Happiness … is not a Fish That You Can Catch and ends on a
perfect note with "Paper Moon." This song has it all: a catchy sound from
start-to-finish, fun lyrics, flailing guitars, a loitering organ and the
higher end of Maida's vocal register.Our Lady Peace
Burn Burn
(Warner)
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