[2][3] The album was recorded at Glasgow's Stuffhouse Studios and CAVA Sound Workshops.

[6] AllMusic wrote that the band "stretched out to an American audience with their calm and reflective style of blissful indie pop.

"[4] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "an enjoyable collection of ragamuffin odes to life in and outside of an underachieving indie band.

"[7] Trouser Press wrote that the album "builds upon the Pastels’ oft-copied shambling pop sound, but rounds off some of the songs’ rough edges with fleshed-out arrangements and sensitive, clear production.

"[5] Martin C. Strong called it "a wryly self-deprecating look at an indie band’s lot.