Left to their own devices on Here and Now, Nickelback have embraced who they are. The group is now loose enough to throw in a disco-rock thumper and even dabbles in a bit of power pop. This, combined with a considerably broader sonic palette -- previous Nickelback albums were on a grayscale; this is defiantly colorful thanks in large part to so many guitar and vocal overdubs that the record sometimes feels like the Mutt Lange job the producer should have given them on Dark Horse -- turns Here and Now into what’s Nickelback’s easiest album to enjoy.