I'm thinking they secured a fixed amount to release it exclusively on Luminary (hopefully temporarily) and that's why they chose this path. Maybe they speak on this on the podcast and I'm completely off.

I think I pretty much agree with your thoughts on the album. No single classic track but overall I enjoyed it. I do plan to go back to it a few times before the month is up. It would be so much easier if it was just included in my playlist but oh well.