The new album is definately up to par with the rest of their albums...
It takes a while to catch on to it (like every album they've released) and it has like 2 crappy tracks (like every album they're released). I think the 'carbon monoxide' track needs to go, as well as 'dime' (just based on lyrics you don't want to hear). IMHO the best track on the new album is track 10, but I don't quite know why. Has a kinda 'uplifting' feel to it I guess.
Seriously, every album they've released has always been bleeehhh for me at first, but then grows on me tremendously. The production is top notch, as always, which makes you just want to blare it on a system even more. This album has quite a bit more synths, but that's not a bad thing. Every one of their albums seems to have a 'sound' to it, and this one went to synths.
The album definately follows suit with what they've been doing all along, though. I'd say pick it up and put it into rotation with the rest of their albums. It won't stand out at all.