Historicity?

This piano trio album by Vijay Ayer has gotten a lot of press as one of the notable CDs of the year. Technically, it's quite an achievement, with extraodiary time signatures and amazing playing. Unfortunately, IMHO, it sounds like the musical equivalent of a PhD physics thesis: dry, technical, brilliant, but ultimately reflecting all the emotional content of a rock. I've been listening to it off an on and I just can't warm up to it. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Any thoughts?