Hi Assaf, I downloaded this back with your first post, but I am finally getting around to listening to it today. I think that the bands of influence are referenced. Kind of a spacey Mars Volta. Vocally the singer sounds like The Mars Volta singer throughout alot. Unfortunately for me, I don't really like the way that the Mars Volta singer sings. So far that has been a major turnoff to me for that band. Hopefully it will grow on me.
As to the Ursa Minor album there were some parts where they were musically very good, but other parts that seemed quite disjointed to me. These disjointed parts probably will appeal to others more than they would appeal to me. By the way, what was with the elephant sounds? I'm not sure if those were intentional or not and I wasn't listening close enough to catch the reason for their inclusion.