The problem with Swedisg prog, is that so many of the musicians guest on each others' projects. The bassist here, Jonas Reingold, appears on albums by Kaipa, The Tangent, and The Flower Kings, and prolly a few others that I'm missing (prolly on Tomas Bodin's solo projects as well). Hell, the drummer is from TFK, as well as the afore mentioned Tomas Bodin. Andy Tillson from The Tangent guests too. There is way too much crossover. When it comes to Swedish prog, there is only one or two degrees of seperation, and all the albums sound like the same band. It also doesn't help that they release their projects close to the same time. 2007 saw new relases from The Flower Kings, Kaipa, and Ritual (Ritual and Kaipa share the same lead singer) followed by releases from The Tangent early in 2008 followed by Karmakanic. Tomas Bodin is supposed to release a new solo album soon as well.

phew...at least they keep busy and off the streets

But I must say, that I agree with your assessment, that the first track, Send A Message From The Heart, is a great track...very familiar, but a great track nonetheless. Yes, it has its cornball moments.

Over all, I agree that it is a better album than the last FK album, The Sum Of No Evil (I still love Paradox Hotel however). I wished these guys would branch out and try something new, but maybe they only know how to write in one style.