Thank you for the nice review. I keep hearing that this record captures the energy of the band on stage. When I listed to a few of the streaming tracks the other day, I honestly did not get that impression. It didn't feel like the tracks were given a whole lot of room to breathe. Don't get me wrong, I realize first impressions are often misguided, but at times, I thought its seemingly air-tight production actually did *not* represent the band I've seen on stage over the last five years.

That said, I was definitely hooked - Scott Tournet is Scott Tournet, after all - and I plan to give the record plenty of time to (hopefully) open up a bit more in front of me.

Admittedly, my first impression of This Is Somewhere was not great at first either, and now I view it as a gem from a band that was solely focused on making their own quality of great music. Over time, I really came to appreciate TIS for its honesty; TIS was GPN at that point in time much the same way NBTW was five years ago. I hope that come June 2011 I can look back on the new record and say the same thing.

Either way, I can’t wait to get in and really explore this record!