I just saw them live in Ann Arbor and it was a sweet show!
As far as the drumming goes, the new drummer (Thomas Pridgen) is a great drummer with awesome chops and can hold his own with Jon Theodore any day. I loved Jon's drumming with TMV but Thomas is a very good replacement. They had a bit of a Spinal Tap moment with drummers after Theodroe left in July of 2006. They had Blake Flemming (drummer for the Tremulant EP I think) from July to October of 06, then they had Deantoni Parks from then until November of 06. Then Thomas Pridgen started early 07 I think.
The new ablum is good, it has good drumming throughout. My only problem is that it seems to stall a little bit at the end, especially since it starts off so strong.
I know I don't post much on here put I'm into alot of the bands that you guys talk about (Mew & Muse especially) so I thought I'd add my $.02