Babes (album)

[5] In May 2009, singer Nathan Williams experienced a public breakdown as the band was unable to complete their set at the 2009 Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona.

In 2011 Hill commented his dismay that the full album had still not been released,[13] and four more tracks such as "Horse Shoes", "Hula Hoop", "Goldy Lox", and "Glued" were self-released by Williams throughout 2011.

[17] After 14 years, in early 2023 the MP3 files for the album were found on Morin's personal Soulseek account 'epicproblem',[18] which was leaked and spread by fans as a digital bootleg.

[5] Upon the release of "Cool Jumper" in 2009, Joe Colly of Pitchfork commented that "Zach Hill's presence is immediately felt in the song's fierce asymmetrical percussion and electronic-soaked textures, which provide exciting counterpoint to Williams' surfer-boy vocal delivery.

"[8] Ryan Dombal commented on the 2011 release of "Horse Shoes" that it was "a bit more on the garage side of the garage-punk divide and ends with a manic slash of sped-up guitars and drums.