I get major Charlie Kauffman vibes from that cover (Synecdoche). And I assume he's done that cover because this is a concept album about dying, what with Jim Carrey's narration and the opening track being about nihilism in the face of death (just pour gasoline on me). Not paid enough attention to the lyrics elsewhere to know if there's any sort of thread running through it.
I will say it's grown on me a lot already. I was jamming at my desk to "How Do I Make You Love Me" earlier. And I think "Out of Time" is gorgeous. I even like "Less than Zero" which I thought was shite last night.