"If the Car Beside You Moves Ahead" is a song which blends electronic and pop music and also features the experimental, avant-garde and psychedelic sounds found in Blake's early works.

[5][6] Blake's chopped and distorted vocals are used as the track's main instrument,[7] backed by hazy synths, an electronic metronome, and atmospheric noise sampled from Michel Colombier and Pierre Henry's "Jericho Jerk".

[6] The song received generally positive reviews upon its release and was commended for returning to the experimental sound found in Blake's early work.

Andy Cush of Spin commended the song's chopped vocals, calling them "a welcome reminder that this technique still has the capacity to produce genuine beauty and strangeness.

"[5] Kevin Lozano, writing for Pitchfork, called the track "steeped in gorgeous effects and head-spinning vocal tricks" but added that "it is lacking in action or drama: it’s a moody, sonic study more than anything else."

[1][17] Described by some publications as a visualiser, it features various close ups of Blake driving a black 1991 Corvette in a rainy city, interrupted by various streaks of light.