One problem with the songs so far is that it feels too much like Battles. Sure, they may have three times as much effort put into it, but it's already 2+ years old material. We have a better Through My Eyes in I am Above, we have a different The Truth in House, etc.
I already predict that the record will get 7s or 8s here in the modern IF scale, being praised as "much better than Battles", "this is how Battles should've sounded like", "this production would've been so neat on SC", and then after 2 months everyone forgets about it, and pretty much only remembers SC as their latest record. It's just not exciting at all, even if overall it's been between not bad and good.