Yeah, I finally made it through the new one this morning. Very low-key for them. I think I like it, though I miss the rockers.
I'm sure I've made this statement around these parts in years past, but I have a different experience with Stereophonics than other people. I didn't get into them until You Gotta Go There to Come Back, so I never had the experience that their first album was fantastic and every subsequent record only served up varying levels of disappointment. I enjoyed making my way through their back catalog, and then when LSVO came out, I loved it. I even got to see them play a tiny club here in Arizona and got one of Kelly's guitar picks. To me, each of their records has some really good stuff, and that would include Kelly's acoustic solo album.
Cobbler, you should definitely check out the whole LSVO album if you like Dakota.