If there was ever going to be a new Bauer-album, then it had to be the Bauer-album! This was the approach taken by Berend Dubbe, the man who has been at the wheel since Bauer's debut album 'On The Move' (1999). The ten songs on 'Eyes Fully Open' are full of references to early Hollywood and TV-soundtracks, the orchestral Pop of Scott Walker, and the Progressive music of the 1970's, while still managing unprecendented modernity. Peter Visser and Carol van Dijk (Bettie Serveert) are special guests on the album.