New Album in 2012 - "Curve" April 3rd

[faninor]

[faninor]

Hmm that guy's much less effective on the light background.

[Furious George]

All these years on the board has him shooting blanks .

[ivewaited]

http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/04/02 ... r-history/

"The new work, while still bass, drums, guitar and Maida’s patented falsetto, is certainly more elaborate than some of the group’s more famous numbers. Window Seat, a stand-out track on the record, features more chord changes than the entirety of 2009’s Burn Burn"

A STAND OUT TRACK.

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[GhostRocket1]

Hey guys!, does anyone know when the UK release of Curve is?

[DudeLove721]

Anyone receive their digital copy from Rhino yet? I'm supposed to get one with the CD (which I also haven't received) and was wondering if anyone else has been more successful -- I also dunno if I have to go somewhere to download it or if it'll come via e-mail like the mp3 of Heavyweight did.

[OLPManiac]

The entire Curve is now on Youtube! The user is WhiteNoise417 and he put a rating for each songs! I wonder if the videos will be banned...well i think not because from today the album is released...

[DudeLove721]

The entire Curve is now on Youtube! The user is WhiteNoise417 and he put a rating for each songs! I wonder if the videos will be banned...well i think not because from today the album is released...

P.S A PM with CD quality for a poor european? thanks in advance and in every case!

You do realize that it's still illegal to share copyrighted material like that whether it's officially on sale to the public or not, right? If it wasn't, record sales would sure be in the shitter... even more so than they already are, that is.

P.S. I am not debating the morality of this, I am just stating a fact.

[astute_99]

The entire Curve is now on Youtube! The user is WhiteNoise417 and he put a rating for each songs! I wonder if the videos will be banned...well i think not because from today the album is released...

P.S A PM with CD quality for a poor european? thanks in advance and in every case!

You do realize that it's still illegal to share copyrighted material like that whether it's officially on sale to the public or not, right? If it wasn't, record sales would sure be in the shitter... even more so than they already are, that is.

P.S. I am not debating the morality of this, I am just stating a fact.

Also, not that I'm advocating that you guys download the album, I would never do that....but if you are they type inclined to do such an illegal act, it can be found out there if you know how to look.
Just saying....
As for me I'll continue to wait to hear it in CD quality, I can't wait to hear the difference!!

[OLPManiac]

I know that sharing is illegal! I don't tell that is legal! I told only that probably the song won't be removed because the guys don't ask never to remove theirs stuff at Youtube! But they have the rights to make this! I know that is illegal and i also think that if you're a real fan you buy the CD or the singles in every case! I don't know if you know...but i'm the man that discover the Heavyweight's leak some months ago...and fyi i bought equally Heavyweight also if this was only a single! And i have all the albums at my home despite i'm italian and is hard to find OLP's stuff(when i don't know iTunes but the physical copy is better)...
I know that probably you don't want accuse me but i told this to report my thoughts!

[DG]

I think we all know that.

I'm sure it'll be pulled. Trustworthy has already said as much about this album, for right now anyway.

I personally couldn't give two shits if you download as long as you buy later. Sadly, most won't buy anyway.

[astute_99]

I agree that most of the general population is unlikely to purchase the album, but I think that most of us here at the CM are definitely going to buy it. I dunno about the rest of you but I've spent so much on CD's, concerts and merch over the last 15 years, and I will continue to do so.

The thing that is really bugging me is the amount of people on this forum with one or two posts that are asking for the album...

[johnpeterson]

man i dunno about anyone else, but it really pisses me off that all these canadian news articles about OLP keep referring to "cancon" and tagging the articles with "cancon"... as if the only reason they care about OLP or anyont else should care is because it's canadian content. you see the same thing on OLP music videos on youtube, where the top-rated comments are all "hell yeah canada rocks!!!"

(for those who don't know... canadian radio is REQUIRED to air a certain percentage of canadian-produced music every hour, otherwise it would likely all be american music... that probably explains why the radio even pays any attention at all to OLP in 2012)

[Long Jonny]

I think we all know that.

I'm sure it'll be pulled. Trustworthy has already said as much about this album, for right now anyway.

I personally couldn't give two shits if you download as long as you buy later. Sadly, most won't buy anyway.

I reported the videos 15 minutes after they were uploaded yesterday.

[todddowney]

[todddowney]

Curve Our Lady Peace (Warner Music Canada) 4.5/5

I’ve heard a lot of OLP in my day- I mean, who doesn’t own a copy of Clumsy- but this album is the freshest, most inspired they’ve sounded in some time.

“This is the album we’ve been trying to make for the past 10 years” says Raine Maida, and that has a lot to do with producer Jason Lader (Mars Volta, Elvis Costello). “Jason and I had a very frank discussion before (he) even came in” notes Maida. “He asked why we weren’t making a record we’d like to listen to ourselves.” Sounds like a simple idea, but when you factor in things like major label politics, it’s easier said than done.

The new creative fire lit under their collective asses had a profound effect on the new album. “This feels the most like it did in the early days” says drummer Jeremy Taggart, who’s been with the band since the beginning. “We just tried to let our ideas flow without worrying about radio or anything like that.” I think OLP will find that Curve has better legs because of that, because we’re getting the music that is inside of them, as opposed to what the record label thinks we want to hear- BIG difference.

Curve can be a moody album for sure, but I like that- and don’t worry, they haven’t forgotten how to rock out either. For my money, this is the best our Lady Peace record in at least a decade.

TOP TRACKS: Heavyweight, Find Our Way, Window Seat

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Album: Curve

Artist: Our Lady Peace (Curve) Rating 4

Like Canadian boxing great George Chuvalo, who graces the cover of Our Lady Peace's eighth album, Curve, these rockers don't know how to quit. Just when you're about ready to count them out as stale hasbeens - as with 2009's Burn Burn - they come back fresher than ever.

Curve is easily OLP's best record since 2000's adventure in Kurzweilian concepts and keyboards, Spiritual Machines. In fact, Curve feels like the organic sequel - a forlorn but feisty exploration of survival, culminating with Chuvalo's thoughts on boxing and love on Mettle, a lullaby featuring Steve Mazur's wrenching guitar riffs. His contributions have never sounded better - from the groovy rhythms of Fire in the Henhouse to the chiming notes of As Fast as You Can. Ditto goes for Raine Maida's vocals - which range from falsetto backing harmonies on Allowance to Peter Murphy goth on Will Someday Change, a sparse guitar and piano number. Yup, these guys are definitely ready to go at least another 10 rounds.

[Codes]

This cd is going to get the "Chinese Democracy" treatment, people with either love it, or hate it.

Everyone I know who has listened to it, love it, so that is a good sign

[Jskot311]

Yeah there's a scene release floatin' around the web. If you're into that kinda thing

[xoNoDoubt69]

Took advantage of the fact that i just so happen to be in canada today and bought it! I frickin love the whole thing!!!

[theo]

I bought it with my Canadian iTunes account. No way I could wait 2 more weeks for it!