Have been a supporter of this band, back to the Maiden-ish "Shelly The Maid" EP, even during the dismal, Japanese-only releases of the early 90s. Thankfully, the band has grown comfortable with its legacy and been on an up-tick ever since ’03 "Live At Least".

The opening, title track, which includes snippets of Obama’s speech about global warming (a frequent Pretty Maids rally cry), is one of the album’s strongest. The ticking clock bookending the actual song only accentuates the lyrical impact. Other full bore rockers amongst the ten cuts (plus a heavied up remix of ‘It Comes At Night’) include appropriately gritty ‘Cielo Drive’ the address of the Charles Manson murders (think "Yellow Rain") and ‘One World One Truth’. The rest are a mix of soft AOR rock and pure ballads. ‘Old Enough To Know’ talks about when it’s over ("Trying to hold on to something that was never built to last, hanging on to shadows of the past. When it’s over, we should be old enough to know").

Is that a relationship or career advise? Luckily these aren’t the 90s and there’s still life in these Danes. A plodding ‘Beautiful Madness’ has a synth underpinning, Morten Sandager having been elevated to full member status.

Now if they can make it over here for ProgPower 2011 or something. Fingers crossed.