AMG Review of Beyond the Horizon

Andrew Leahey
All Music Guide

People in Planes partnered with four producers during the recording of Beyond the Horizon, the band's follow-up album to As Far as the Eye Can See. Perhaps most notable are the songs helmed by Our Lady Peace vocalist Raine Maida, since the bulk of Beyond the Horizon rests squarely within the same post-grunge niche that Maida helped carve. This is an album dominated by minor keys, by rock songs geared for rainy days, by melodies that evoke Muse without matching that band's grandeur. People in Planes do sound bigger than their 2006 debut, though, particularly on the album's title track, and several of these songs feature polished hooks and fine, textured production.