I have not heard the new album, but yesterday heard one of the news songs on the radio.
Don't know what song it was, but it started and I turned it up ( before the vocals hit) and thought: "sound's kind of cool, I'll give this a chance"
I knew who it was the instant he vocals hit, then I kinda took a more critical view......since all the newer Chile Pepper stuff basically sucks.
But I ended up thinking that they have found their old sound again. I was impressed.