I was thinking of Ariel Pink also on some of these songs also! Cool to see he was involved in some capacity. Overall I'm really happy with this album. As much as I personally prefer them spiraling into more weirdness with Congratulations and the self-titled album (Despite it's shortcomings, I still loved it), I think this album has a nice balance of what fans like myself like about them and a more general audience as well. 8/10 sounds about right.