Toronto's Our Lady Peace have become a huge success all over Canada and not to mention the U.S. After releasing their debut album, Naveed, in '94, the band toured for two years with everyone from Bush to Alanis Morissete. Naveed had sold over 250,000 copies in Canada and as many in the U.S. Having logged over 500 shows, the band decided the next step would be to follow up with a new album. On that note we recieved Clumsy, the band's second release.

Our Lady Peace takes a "left turn" with this album in the sense that Naveed & Clumsy are two totally different styles. Naveed came alive because of the heavy groove, where as Clumsy is based on melody. From the melodic rock of the lead single "Superman's Dead" & "Automatic Flowers," OLP gets more out-there with "Carnival," which threads a loop of sampled chatter with a soldering beat then ignites for the chorus - "Car Crash" shows some disturbed, and lazy vocals. The only song that can really link to Naveed would be "The Story of 100 Aisles". The entire album is about perception, how changing your thinking has life-altering potential. This idea is crystalized in the vibrant melodic title track about decisions, and the startlingly moving "4am", about forgiveness. -What magaxine