On the 25th year of their existence, the trio delivers Dear, an album they describe as "heavenly-far beyond heavy." Songwriting for Dear initially yielded three albums' worth of material by the end of 2015, but as the band was slated to spend a large chunk of 2016 on their "Performing Pink" worldwide tour, they decided to hold off on releasing any new material. The tour further rekindled their passion, and when the band returned home they wrote several more songs and scaled the three records down to one.