Its style takes influences from baroque-pop, post-punk and soul ('From Now On'), and it is colloquially referred to by the band as 'The Red Album'.
[2] Session musicians appear on some tracks, as the band originally intended to be a quartet.
The opening track on the album originally began as a cover of 'Smokey' Robinson's 'I Don't Blame You At All'.
[2] The second proper single from the band's debut album, the A-side 'People They Know' features drums played "with the wrong side of a brush and a piece of rotten wood".
[2] The B-side, 'Le Crique', has been described by Peter as "one of our most experimental band recordings, layered guitars and Velvet-feel (as in Velvet Underground), love it".