Personally, I'm not as syked about The Circle as I was leading up to the release of Have A Nice Day, although I am keen as to what it's gonna be like. This feeling I think is mutual amongst most of us here.

After living through the Bounce era, most of us were hoping after two commercially accessable albums (Crush/Bounce), they would flesh out alot more with Have A Nice Day and really return to an artistic approach (but obviously not the exact same sound) of the earlier albums. They did a little IMO, but sadly, not much. They used far less effects, slightly more "actual" guitar work/solos and a little more honest genuine lyrics. Nonetheless, HAND was basically in the same vein and it's two predecessors. I thought HAND was a decent album, but didn't quite quench my own thirst, as my expectations, like many others here, were quite high.

That's basically why the anticipation isn't quite as high for The Circle as (for example) Have A Nice Day.

That's what I think anyway.