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Add the andPOP Facebook Application(andPOP) - Perhaps taking a cue from his wife, songstress Chantal Kreviazuk, Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida has recorded his first solo album.
Maida's concept for the record may surprise some OLP fans. "'The Hunter's Lullaby' is a collection of poems put to music," he described to ChartAttack. "It was written and recorded without the persuasive hand of a major record label."
All ten tracks were recorded independently in his private studio. Maida says the beatnik-style acoustic songs were influenced by Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Allen Ginsberg and Saul Williams. The album will also address significant social issues, defined with the help of activists Amy Goodman, Howard Zinn, Jared Paul and David Suzuki.
Kreviazuk plays piano and sings on several tracks.
Maida's first single is entitled, "Yellow Brick Road." Look for "The Hunter's Lullaby" in stores November 13.
