Per The New Yorker, "Urata’s unaffected voice, which has a hint of Rocky Mountain loneliness in it, gives the group’s sound roots, whether they’re playing a raucous midway tune or a spaghetti-Western ballad.

[citation needed] In 2006, Arcade Fire singer Win Butler suggested to DeVotchKa that they arrange the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "The Last Beat of My Heart".

The main song, "The Winner Is", was also used in a commercial by the French-based environment and energy company Suez and the Dutch pension fund PGGM.

[6] "New World" and "Head Honcho" were featured in a season 4 episode of the Showtime television show Weeds.

The band's newest album, This Night Falls Forever, was released on August 24, 2018, via Concord Records.