I am also rather on the negative side here, although I acknowledge that from a purely compositional perspective, this could be the best after ... Destination Anywhere??

It is the awefull production and totally uninspired guitar work that kill it.

I mean NYD, LWTG, GBTM , they would all be super cool if the sounding was a bit more natural. I mean I dont care about the vocals, let them be evidently edited. But give me some vibrant, lively orchestration, some groove like we used to have!! This band used to have real groove! I mean take a simple demo like "All I Wanna Do Is You". It is f@ckin A!!

So lately I have only been listening a bit to reunion, real love and drive you home. Because they had the type of melodies and instruments that could not be ruined by the production, I suppose thats why they are quite enjoyable. Yes Scars also, a bit cliche but ok. And Labor Of Love is good - missing solo and backvo.