No. I've been pretty puzzled with where to start with these guys.

Takk works fine as an entry point, but it's not their best.

I generally am trying to get as far away from a rock/pop aesthetic as possible.

Takk... is a pretty good album but Ágætis byrjun is their crowning glory. It's the most gorgeous album I've ever heard. You should check that out next.

It seems for a while everyone was creamin' their jeans over ().

That's a good album too, slighty better than Takk... but Ágætis byrjun just blows them blow away. But if you're not into some slightly droning music then you probably won't like (). The lyrics are repeated throughout the album and some of the songs are pretty much the same chord progression or notes repeated.

I'll definitely give Takk a listen tonight.

I like () over Agaetis, both are incredibly cathartic albums but () is just a mindblowing experience. Yes, there is a lot of repetition, both lyrically and musically, but that minimalism only adds to the power of the album for me, because they're able to create such an grand, epic, sonic masterpiece using limited parts. To me it's like drawing a great picture using a set of 12 crayons or a set of 128. Obviously both drawings in this case are fantastic records, but the 12 crayons one is slightly more impressive to look at (or listen to).

Well I'm a couple songs into Takk and already I know that this is a band I'd like to hear more from. They lose me a bit when the drums and vocals come in, but that's just my own musical eccentricities.

All of their albums are fairly different than the others, so it's tough to point you in a specific direction. I'd say definitely give both Agaetis and () a listen though because you really can't go wrong with either.