Had it for a few months now, but only recently been really drawn into it. Like previous posters, it was a matter of the right circumstances that brough the album into focus. Driving around at 2 a.m., in the rain, seems to have done it.
Seems curious that it's appealing to folks who don't/didn't like Blur, as it very much seems like the sad song bits like "Yuko & Hiro" filtered through dub and krautrock. The sonics are somewhat different -- though it isn't completely removed from some of the material on "13" or "Think Tank" -- but the song writing seems very similar, moreso than anything Damon's done outside of Blur.