Here like melodies and playing together and everything, but I think that exactly you realize that they have only begun since. Neither chiselled but Era Vulgaris still as perfect as Songs For The Deaf, it floats somewhere in between, sounds partly experimentally or jammig (ie as jam sessions). I think you have to buy the album only if you're a fan and / or want to know the complete works; otherwise QOTSA are then more likely to become increasingly better!