I think this is going to be the type of album that grows on you instead of makes you fall over on the first listen...but it is growing nicely indeed so far. My first instinct was that I wished it could have been more experimental but when considering the rest of his solo output*, I'm glad he finally got around to making an album like this!
*which I adore, but sometimes one or two "song" songs per SY album just isn't enough!