[4] The record is their first and final to feature Jesse Lee handling drumming duties after original drummer Tim Dewit's 2008 departure.

Eye Contact also consists of contributions from bassist Tim Koh of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and Alexis Taylor of alternative dance / synth-pop collective Hot Chip.

[15] Eye Contact follows 2008's lauded Saint Dymphna, which consisted of genres ranging from dance-rock[16] to dubstep[4] to grime.

However, its accessibility would be heightened more than that of its predecessors, being dubbed as the collective's 'first true "pop" record'.

[4] The "murky layers of production, angular, abstract dark corners, and black holes of space and rawness" defining the past Gang Gang Dance works had departed, in the opinion of AllMusic's Thom Jurek.