3/31/08 - Video Influence Of The Week - "In Repair" by Our Lady Peace

Since we’ve been told we don’t really sound like any one band, people always ask us who our musical influences are. There really are so many that one list really can’t cover it. We don’t try to sound like anyone in particular, but instead are influenced indirectly by the various things we listen to.

We thought it would be cool to start a weekly blog feature where we post a video from one of the bands we like. Maybe you’ve heard of them and would never expect us to like them, or maybe we’ll turn you onto a great band you’ve never heard of. It could be something current, or something one of us grew up on.

We’ll post a new video every Monday night and include which of the 3 of us picked it.

The first video comes from one of Chris’ all-time favorite bands, Our Lady Peace. This song is called "In Repair" from their 2000 release "Spiritual Machines"

PICKED BY: Chris
ARTIST: Our Lady Peace
SONG: In Repair
ALBUM: Spirtual Machines (2000)

"I picked OLP because they are the 1st band I really got obsessed with. Their songs always have a great melody and Raine Maida has such a unique and creative voice. One of my favorite things about OLP is that they don't rely on one thing or sound. Each song they have is different from the last and they are all great songs for different reasons...all while sounding like the same band. Over the course of 6 Albums, I've never listened to a track and thought "they've already done this before," yet at the same time, never thought "wow, this doesn't sound like OLP." They do new things while keeping an undefinable common thread. That is something I hope Conflict In The Sky can do.

For the video pick I selected ’In Repair’ because it happened to come on my iPod today. It’s a little more mellow than most of their songs, but it has a great mood and the video has a cool conceptual thing going on."