http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69258&rws=%2Four-lady-peace%2Fmusic-videos.rssIf you're tired of all the guitar-toting, angst-singing, loud-soft-songwriting boll weevils that sprang up in the mid-90s, you probably didn't give Our Lady Peace much of a chance. That's unfortunate, because they are one of the more ambitious and distinctive members of the lot. Their debut album <I>Naveed</I> (1995) revealed a love of Zeppelin and Pearl Jam. Songs such as "Birdman" rocked with a zealous fervor: singer Raine Maida sounds as if he's going to collapse and start convulsing with each passing verse. The band began expanding their sonic palette with <I>Clumsy</I> (1997) and upped the ante with the ponderously named, <I>Happiness... Is Not a Fish You Can Catch</I> in 1999. That album possesses a vision and ambition that, at times, mirrors the sonic antics of Radiohead -- the downer moods come off as uplifting, with dense arrangements and soaring vocals. Don't write Our Lady Peace off just yet; they'll keep striving to win the cynics over. - Will LernerContemporary Hard Rocken720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:56:41 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69258&rws=%2Four-lady-peace%2Fmusic-videos.rss If you're tired of all the guitar-toting, angst-singing, loud-soft-songwriting boll weevils that sprang up in the mid-90s, you probably didn't give Our Lady Peace much of a chance. That's unfortunate, because they are one of the more ambitious and distinctive members of the lot. Their debut album <I>Naveed</I> (1995) revealed a love of Zeppelin and Pearl Jam. Songs such as "Birdman" rocked with a zealous fervor: singer Raine Maida sounds as if he's going to collapse and start convulsing with each passing verse. The band began expanding their sonic palette with <I>Clumsy</I> (1997) and upped the ante with the ponderously named, <I>Happiness... Is Not a Fish You Can Catch</I> in 1999. That album possesses a vision and ambition that, at times, mirrors the sonic antics of Radiohead -- the downer moods come off as uplifting, with dense arrangements and soaring vocals. Don't write Our Lady Peace off just yet; they'll keep striving to win the cynics over. - Will Lerner