The EP is an emo and post-hardcore release, containing three songs with a rhythmic structure that alternates from quiet spoken-word vocals to a loud sound.

All three tracks were included in the compilations Science 1994 by Future Recordings and Giving Birth To Thunder by The Numero Group.

The brothers recruited drummer Dan Bradley, who also previously drummed for Sinker, and guitarist Marc Bianchi, a friend of Seth who was also in other bands.

The band members started to create a five-song music set featuring, "Aren't You, Angel," "mm."

At the session, the band incorporated excerpts of Bessie Smith's song "See if I'll Care" in the background of their recordings.

He said that he added the excerpts because it would "emulate the nights in Oakland we spent fucked up" and "passed out with the needle dragging the end of the Slint LP.

When you start screaming ‘I am the angry son,’ it’s hard to read that any other way.They selected three songs, "Woolworm," "Aren't You, Angel," and "mm" to be distributed in their debut EP.

The remaining song, "Reflections on Milkweed," was released on a compilation titled "Food Not Bombs Benefit" on *inchworm.

It spit out onto the tray and I looked at it and said, ‘fucking brilliant.’The band intentionally released their album without a track listing initially.

[1][4] This intention was an artistic approach from the band because their live performances often diverged from the release of the EP and sounded unalike.

Pitchfork, in their review of Giving Birth to Thunder, called the excerpts of Bessie Smith's voice "the binding agent" of the EP and how "their defining moments are like a flash flood.

"[4] Rolling Stone named the compilation Science 1994 as one of the greatest emo albums, saying the band was known "for its striking contrasts," noting how that "every minute of calm reaps a subsequent avalanche of havoc."