I'm about 2-1/2 spins in already, and I'm rather liking it. But it's clear from the opening chords (and excuse me, that should be capitalized and punctuated as Opening! Chords!) that Mr. Wilson means very Serious Business with this album. It's sorta like the recent solo album in that regard, but definitely has more of that PT sound we all know and love/hate (depending on who you are). But it's not the 'feel-good hit of the summer,' that's for dang sure.

I'm not sure what to do with the second disc. It's only 4 songs and 20 minutes long... so how often am I going to play that? Part of me wants to ignore it, but there's some decent stuff on there. Part of me wants to burn a single CD-R with both discs on it (yes, it fits). And yet another part of me wants to burn it onto a disc with the similarly orphaned Nil Recurring EP.

Anyway, it usually takes about 3 or 4 spins of PT discs before favorite tracks start to emerge for me. But right now, "Time Flies" sounds pretty good to me. YMMV.