[7] The album's sound was in part influenced by the music preferences of vocalist Choque Hosein's international relatives.

[8] He was skeptical of being lumped in with the Asian Underground movement, although noted the increased attention.

[14] The Independent noted that "the band derives most of its idiosyncratic character ... from the Indian-Trinidadian vocalist Choque Hossein, whose declamatory toasting style is in the tradition of Bo Diddley and Beefheart and Big Youth: loud and enigmatic and often funny, too.

"[1] Music Week said that the album "features brief bursts of history-informed rock cross-pollinated with Eastern sounds and Choque's upfront personality.

"[16] The Observer opined that "at their best, their instrumentals evoke the urban tension of Massive Attack and the Specials' 'Ghost Town'.