This is eASILY their best album since their debut! They decided to go the Dance route and work with James Murphy, but it doesn't sound like a drastic gimmicky change nor a "sellout" album. It works because it has inspired melodies, interesting sounds, and way better lyrics than most of their last 2 albums. Yay.
This seems to be an extremely polarizing album, and I can see why. Many of the tracks are more drone/ambient and while they do fit in the general spectrum of the album a lot of people think they're, um, boring. I kind of agree, but god dammit, the standouts on this album are just SO good. Really is there anything better than Networking, Without You My Life Would Be Boring, Full of Fire, Raging Lung, etc? No.
like 5 or so. I think that Fracking Fluid Injection is the best "noise" track.