I have to say that I'm very impressed with what I've heard so far. The production to me actually sounds very good - you can hear Dave in the mix and Tico's drums really stand out well. Jon is sounding excellent and there's some nice harmonies with Richie. I'm really liking the album lyrically as well - it's cliched in parts but it really sounds as though they/Jon has something to write about. I feel there were parts of The Circle which were perhaps forced - I'm not hearing that so far with What About Now. There are a lot of big sounds as well as some really nice acoustic moments and to me it's sounding like a complete album. Well done boys.