Cult UK label No Pain in Pop released his EP Empire Sound that year, which consisted of material from the Parrot Talk VHS.
In Montreal Airick collaborated with artists within the burgeoning electronic music scene centred around Arbutus Records, which Pitchfork described as a group whose "sounds may be disparate, but [are] united by their desire to tackle questions of identity from unique and exciting perspectives.
The two embarked on a tour of DIY venues in America including Silent Barn in NYC, the Copy Cat in Baltimore, Secret Squirrel in Athens and the Magic Stick in Detroit.
[6] Doldrums' music has been described as occupying the middle ground between noise and pop, and as 'post-internet' as it makes use of a wide variety of styles and is created primarily by collaging samples together, with added live drumming and percussion.
Woodhead's voice has been described as androgynous, or countertenor As a lyricist he has written about the changing relationship of humans to their machines and each other, weaving together psychedelic and surrealist imagery to create character narratives.