You need a decent DAC (even a $9 Apple USB-C dongle works) and headphones/speakers that resolve detail. Listen to “FBLA II” – in FLAC, the guitar panning and reverb tail on the snare are obvious. In MP3, they smear.
Use a tool like MusicBrainz Picard to tag your FLAC files. Helmet’s catalog is cleanly indexed.
This is the controversial "thin" album. After reforming with a new rhythm section, the sound changed. Many fans blame the mastering, not the band. You need HELMET Discography FLAC here to realize the problem isn't the lossless codec, but the mix. That said, FLAC reveals details in the layered harmonies of "Everybody Loves You" that you will never hear on Spotify. It doesn't fix the album, but it clarifies it.