Rolling Stone's review of "Foxheads Stalk This Land" called it "first-rate guitar pop from a top-shelf band.
[3] Their 'best of' singles compilation album, Forever, Until Victory!, (the title is from the reputed last sign-off in a letter from Ernesto 'Che' Guevara to Fidel Castro; 'Hasta la victoria siempre!')
Close Lobsters's song "Let's Make Some Plans" was covered by The Luxembourg Signal on the B-side of their "Laura Palmer" single in 2017.
In February 2020, the band released their latest album, Post Neo Anti: Arte Povera in the Forest of Symbols.
It is their first new studio recording in over 30 years, and AllMusic noted "From the first strains of album opener "All Compasses Go Wild," it's uncanny how seamlessly the Lobsters pick up right where they left off".