It is a rare and beautiful thing when a group decides to go out at the top of its game. Indeed, one has only to look as far as the nearest outdoor music festival or state fair to witness clutches of aging rockers faithfully trucking out the greatest hits setlist to an ever-dwindling fan base to prove the point. Don’t tell this to Forever Changed front man Dan Cole, though. From the time of the Dear Jesus EP in 2002, Cole and his cohorts have ridden a wave of steadily-increasing commercial popularity and artistic growth which eventually led to, among other things, a major-label deal with Floodgate Records in 2004 and the release of the critically esteemed The Need to Feel Alive record less than a year later. In February of 2006, though, just as the four-piece stood poised on the brink of breakthrough success, Cole shocked his bandmates by turning in his resignation.