The album's recording sessions took place from December 1996 to January 1997 at Studio Litho in Seattle, Washington.

He wrote "Given its title, it perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that Interiors is an introspective collection, but its tempered sound is somewhat of a shock when considering the grunge background of the entire band.

[1] Tom Moon of Rolling Stone said that "what's most notable about Interiors...is the pure pop focus of these nuanced compositions."

James P. Wisdom of Pitchfork Media stated that "In any case, Interiors is 11 tracks of mildly retro-sound, with a few passable songs, the rest being simply crap," and compared them negatively to Crosby, Stills and Nash.

[7] NME reviewer Jim Alexander criticized the album further, saying that "What they really want to do is transport you back to the stinking corpse of the '70s, via Shawn Smith's drawled screeching riffs, with the subtlety and grace of a geriatric diplodocus, and numerous funk-rock workouts that will be on eternal rotation on hell's version of MTV.