The current two-piece sound can be attributed to influences such as Dirty Projectors, Beirut and Grizzly Bear.

In an interview with Baeble Music, Ward coined the band with the term "indie cabaret".

[citation needed] In 2006, producer and engineer Scott Solter (who has worked with John Vanderslice and the Mountain Goats) remixed the 2005 album Stowaway, which he had also recorded.

On the January 2008, issue of Philadelphia Weekly they were featured in a cover story citing "Four indie bands that can expect a big year".

[3] In his favorable review, Pitchfork Media writer Joe Tangari described it as "an accessible album that nonetheless sounds unlike what any other band is doing".