daughters' early material was primarily described as grindcore, while their later material has been described as noise rock. daughters have also been described as industrial rock, no wave, math rock, mathcore, post-punk, experimental rock, math metal, alternative metal, art-rock and art-metal. sadler has said that he has always disagreed with daughters being described as a math rock or mathcore band, stating "[daughters has] always been a kind of calculated band, but not in a math rock way. none of us are classically trained at all and i don't think anyone in daughters has taken a lesson in anything. the music just comes out that way and it's always been the nature of the band."