[4][5] "St. Elmo's Fire" is a Brian Eno cover.

"Why Pinch Yourself" and "A Bear That Chokes" were previously released on Hello CD of the Month EP.

Yo La Tengo appears on the EP.

[6] AllMusic wrote that the EP "is the sort of work that sets a blueprint for things to come ... the record is fantastic in every respect.

"[2] Spin called the version of "St. Elmo's Fire" a "stunner ... which sounds like a '70s country-rock tune piped into a truckstop diner in cyberspace.