after listening for a week or so, I'm really enjoying the album - it seems more subtle than their other efforts but it works for me
I gather that they didn't want to be lumped in with the whole neo-blue-grass movement and want to stand on their own - continuing to grow and develop their sound as they mature
of course, that might cost them in terms of popularity, as GratefulCs points out
probably no huge radio hits on this album, though I could see The Wolf getting some run
I used to have a handful of artists where I would buy their next album without hearing a single track, but that list has dwindled down to basically zero these days because every time I do that I'm disappointed.
I think in the future I'll move to picking and choosing which songs to download - you know, like a modern music listener