I saw that this got a 9.0 on Pitchfork and prepared myself for the letdown.
I'm 5 songs in at work and it sounds amazing so far. Just great, great stuff.
Also, someone needs to give whoever engineered this a nice, firm handshake. Everything is clear and where it needs to be in the mix, and nothing overpowers anything unnecessarily (and, yes, it still sounds raw and unmediated throughout, like you said). People seriously underrate how much good sound engineering and production means to records and the affect of the songs; this album (so far) is a perfect example of how necessary this is.