palmer's "especially careful" production "gets [the material] all down in a clear mix of bristling, textured power and slick commercial" whilst ably following "the group's minor stylistic perambulations while juggling modern dance beats, driving rock, pinging atmospherics, found-sound silliness and glossy mid-tempo pop." guitarist rat and sometimes bassist alex griffin indulge "in crispier sometimes-abstract performances that suggest early-'80s post-punk "à la" new order and the cure."