The three new songs (that weren't released as singles prior to today) all sound pretty good, but I will need to give them better listens this weekend when I can crank them up on a good stereo.
As much as Wilson goes through different phases, this is a major departure. Sure, To the Bone had the ABBA-influenced Permanating and the futuristic electronic bits in Song of I and Detonation, but this feels similar to Radiohead's move from OK Computer to Kid A, except that To the Bone, for as really good as it was, was no OK Computer, and I don't see The Future Bites being a Kid A. I like it, but I'll be shocked if it becomes an album I love.