Simply Beautiful!
Before I get into it, let me just say I've tried to keep my fandom of the bunnymen on the back-burner while writing this. The fact is that this is an AMAZING RECORD! It picks up from where "Forgiven", (the last song on Evergreen) leaves us, and continues it's beautiful melodies, song after song. Fom the opening title track, I felt we were in for a great lesson in well-crafted songs. The record is heavy on strings and melodic arrangement, to it's credit mind you. Ian's voice is as strong as it is equally soothing, and Will adds the right guitar work at all the right moments. This is perhaps quite a distance from something like "Do It Clean" or "The Cutter". I tend to liken it to a 90's version of "Killing Moon", or even 1987's "All My Life". In the end, every track makes it a simply beautiful album that flows with more maturity, love, loss, introspection, and hope. Already an album of the year candidate for me!