The orchestration of the band's first two albums, Brutalism and Joy as an Act of Resistance have been linked to the sound of Meat.

In September 2014, the second track off the EP, "The Idles Chant", was premiered on BBC's Introducing the West session series.

The music video features a naked man wearing a wrestling mask while eating a bowl of hard boiled eggs.

[3] In a retrospective review, The Fat Angel Sings described the track as a cornerstone for Idles as a "brutal entity".

In describing the album in contrast to Welcome, Talbot said in an interview with The Line of Best Fit that the members of IDLES are "better friends.