^ Since there are no previews nobody can judge the songs by how they sound, i think it's better this way. I guess when you hear a preview and you don't like what you hear straight away, you don't really care about the lyrics. However, having lyrics snippet here and there but absolutely no idea of how the song is going to sound is great because you like the song already just because the lyrics are good haha. But it can lead to disappointment if in the end the songs aren't as great as the expectations we had from the lyrics.
I have no special expectation so i don't really care, but i'm sure there are people who, once the album is out will say "that song is so basic! what a waste, i thought it was going to be epic"
I wouldn't mind if the cover of the pamphlet is the actual cover, because she looks so fierce, her expression reminds of one of the cover of talkin' 2 myself