sentences:  "Long Distance" opens with "Undertow", a track featuring "pastoral tones" layered with "a lifting guitar frame"; Tom Topkoff of "Hybrid Magazine" noted that Durand's vocals have "aged like a fine wine".The single "Disappointed", the "fast-paced" second track, consists of a "taut rhythm and slinky guitars" that "provide a sleekly sexy backdrop for Durand's wistful vocals".Its sound was compared to Ivy's previous tracks on "Realistic" (1995) and "Apartment Life" (1997), particularly the songs "No Guarantee" and "I Get the Message".