The EP contained three non-album tracks, and featured a louder and more driving sound than the album.

Earlier versions of the songs "Alas Dies Laughing" and "Feathers Oar Blades" recorded for the BBC had been premiered in a John Peel session in June 1982.

Alternate versions of "Feathers-Oar-Blades" and "Alas Dies Laughing" were included on the Cocteau Twins' BBC Sessions release.

NME's Lynden Barber wrote: "All you need to know about the Cocteau Twins is that they make “Siouxsie & The Banshees” records.

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