I think those techy looking cupsoles are the second good looking shoe to me from them. The CM 001 and these actually look "designed" and seem to be built better than their vulcs. All their vulcs look like disproportionate toddler shoes that were sloppily thrown together. The VM 001 highs don't look as bad as the rest of the vulcs, however.
It's sick to see LRAB branch out a little bit. I think it will do them well to have simple staples and then a one or two off that's more of a risk to serve more of their potential audience.
Lastly, if a shoe company can make an actual solid cupsole, then I have faith in what they're doing. Making vulcs is far simpler and cheaper from what I understand, so it's also a useful metric for how committed to making a quality product they truly are