Our Lady Peace would have a difficult time getting arrested in the United States, but in Canada -- where OLP hails from -- the band's more popular than Baked Lays. Last week, OLP knocked No Doubt off its number one perch on the SoundScan charts in the Great White North, selling more than 26,000 copies of its sophomore effort, "Clumsy," in its first week of release. Might not sound that impressive, but on the U.S. conversion scale, that's more than halfway to gold record status.

"When they told us that, we were like, 'Is there a counting error here?,'" says OLP guitarist Mike Turner. "We thought we might make the Top 10, but one?"

The band, which features Billy Corgan soundalike Raine Maida, received modest success two years from "Naveed" largely due to the Top 10 Modern Rock single, "Starseed." Touring with middle-rung pop alternative bands Sponge, Candlebox and Letters to Cleo proved fruitful, while supporting Van Halen proved a waste of time.

"I can't tell you what it was like for two and a half months to see some headless face going, 'dude, you're not Eddie [Van Halen]," jokes Turner. "I was like, 'no kidding, that's why we're the opener.'"

Although "Clumsy" -- recorded over the last eight months -- won't hit stateside shelves until this spring, the first Canadian single, "Superman's Dead," can be heard in the Detroit area about nine times a day via Windsor, Ontario's 89X. Columbia Records will tout the title-track as the first single in the U.S. some time in March.

"I think 'Clumsy' is better suited [to the United States]," explains Turner. "Obviously, people had a bit of an impression from 'Starseed,' but I think 'Clumsy' is a little better representation of this album."

Currently, the band is touring college campuses near their Toronto home town with new bassist Duncan Coutts, who replaced the departed Chris Eacrett. "It's funny because [Duncan] Coutts was the guy we wanted first," says Turner. "When Raine and I first started auditioning bass players, Coutts was the first guy we ever played with and we wanted him to join the band. He said, 'No, I am going back to school' and then when we got a record deal, he was kicking himself for two years.

"I think we're going to make him drive the merchandise van for the next tour," kids Turner. "He has to pay his dues."

OLP won't cross the Peace Bridge to the U.S. until April, when "Clumsy" is released domestically. On tour, the band is throwing in the occasional cover, including The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" (included on "The Craft" soundtrack) during the encore. "There is