[7][8] The album, according to Kory Grow of CMJ New Music Monthly, is "Black Dice's musique concrète take on animal noises, including replicated elephant sounds, duck calls and even sparrow chirps".

[9][10] Most tracks were recorded at the Water Music, Rare Book Room and DFA's Plantain studios in New York City.

[7] Both James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy assisted with the recording while Steve Revitte mixed the album.

[7] Creature Comforts is Black Dice's last album to feature longtime drummer Hisham Bharoocha.

[4] Dominique Leone of Pitchfork declared that the band had "delivered one of this year's most interesting records and proved that you don't have to be noisy to make beautiful noise".