[1][2] It was produced by band leader Mitch Easter at his own Drive-In Studio, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The Los Angeles Times determined that the album "combines lush, textured melodies with bright-eyed and bushy-tailed vocals.

"[6] The Chicago Tribune wrote: "It's pop, it's Southern, it's quirky, it's ringing guitars, it's neo-psychedelic, it's haunting.

"[7] The New York Times concluded that Easter "breaks the symmetry of ordinary pop tunes into irregular phrases, while his lyrics are quizzical and pessimistic.

"[8] The Philadelphia Inquirer opined that "Easter's rock-group hobby founders this time around on a series of Beatle salutes and a tedious obsession with '60s rock.