Primarily a bedroom pop, hyperpop, and emo rap release, Glaive was inspired by Russian hip hop, Lucki, ambient music, and hardstyle.

[10] While creating the EP, Glaive listened to Russian hip hop, Lucki, ambient music, and hardstyle mixes on SoundCloud.

[6] Abby Kenna of Ones to Watch described the EP as "refining the hyperpop and alternative fusion that [Glaive] has cultivated with a focused perspective.

[6] "Hope Alaska National Anthem", a bedroom pop track which drew comparisons to Cavetown and Alex G,[15] gives context into Glaive's emotional space while writing the EP.

On "God Is Dead", Glaive tackles his guilt, pain, and self-reflection using a biblical lens that doubles as a motif used throughout the EP atop a hardstyle climax.

[6] "Living Proof (That It Hurts)" starts with gentle acoustics and moves to a "noisy and chaotic finish" consisted of industrial noise.

[3][6] Glaive has labelled it as his most personal song and was described as the EP's darkest point by John Norris of V.[3] The closing track "Phobie D'Impulsion" is also focused on religion, backed by an acoustic guitar and an upbeat melody.

"[3] A Bit of a Mad One's lead single "Huh" was released on January 26, 2024 and was accompanied by a music video directed by Glaive.

Taylor Antrim wrote that it is "denser and darker and more infectious start to finish than anything he’s put out" and that "[h]is best compositions are relentless, earnest, assaultive, offhand, and weirdly pretty at the same time".

[13] In a review for the WHUS radio station, McFadden criticized the album's instrumentals, writing that they "can be a little too clean, and fall flat", but said the EP "still has shining moments which are hard to find on other records right now.