The EP is a 24-minute set of eight compositions that are meant to showcase the emotion of everyday objects, a concept inspired by Wim Wenders' documentary film Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989).

[4] In the summer of 2012, Silver watched Wim Wenders' Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989), a documentary film about Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto.

[3] As Silver said, "instead of feelings of loss or nostalgia which were present in the last record, this one is more about those moments when your heart is full and even the small, silly things fill your world up with joy.

"[3] In categorizing Music for Objects, Beats per Minute's Ray Finlayson wrote that it has the same ambient style as Exercises but with the upbeat feeling of CFCF's debut album Continent (2009).

[1] A Treble magazine writer compared the EP to the music of Brian Eno due to its "heavy emphases on flow and lulling the listener into the meditative loop.

"[7] "Keys," the most beat-driven cuts on Music for Objects, derived from a song that was made for the EP while it was still conceived as a mixtape but never became a part of the final track listing.

"[5] Silver described "Keys" as a hybrid of "the weirder aspects of techno that are happening right now" and the "fourth world" styles of Jon Hassell and Yasuaki Shimizu.

[5] The instrumentation of Music for Objects primarily consists of digital orchestral sounds such as drums, pianos, guitars, basses, strings and mallets, built from combining layers of wavetables and samples.

Finlayson honored it for "mov[ing] beyond stereotypical ideas," writing that "at its best – primarily the two middle cuts, “Camera” and Keys” – the EP seems to transport you to another world, if not try to create one.

[16] However, he also criticized the use of a main idea for the EP for not improving the listening experience in any way; in fact, he joked that "Lamp" "makes [him] think of a microwave more than a light bulb, or even a kettle maybe.

"[16] Similarly, Laurence Day of The Line of Best Fit called the object concept a "bit of a gimmick," and wrote that the EP, "while home to a very interesting premise and copious technical perfection, lacks much charm outside of the scheme it was intended for.

"[1] However, Day still gave Music for Objects a favorable review, calling the record a "substantial EP full of intriguing ditties made up from intelligent electronica, neo-classical minimalism and piano balladry.