It's been four years since Analogue and there's some good news for long time fans. They've returned to the Scoundrel Days and the set is co-produced by Minor Earth, Major Sky's Roland Spremburg (alongside Steve Osborne, Erik Ljunggren and Mark Saunders) - so it should be an a-ha classic right?

Well, not quite. It's synth led pop is architypical a-ha - pleasant and very European (which should please their huge German fanbase) but it just feels like they're on auto-pilot with some re-fits gleaned from Magne F's last record. 'Riding The Crest' and 'Shadowside', the two tracks they premiered in London last year, are indeed among the strongest here as are dark horses 'The Bandstand' and 'Real Meaning' (both succinctly a-ha and one hopes future singles).

So where does this leave us and them? In need of some creative spark. 'Sunny Mystery' is in fact Madonna's 'Sky Fits Heaven' in new shoes! And 'Start the Simulator' is as reasonable a stab at emotional technology as you'll find for an ode to space travel (I can't think of any others)! But the title track is just boring even if its lyrical dna is a bonafide tug of love/hate betwen living in the city or returning to life in more natural surrounds.

Like Lifelines the fact it's had many producers and studio locations hasn't aided them although it is more cohesive. Still it will no doubt enhance their standing as enduring Norse legends and may even win some new admirers within the current climate towards all things 80s.