[1] It is the first Torche album, and second release after the split single Chapter Ahead Being Fake, to not feature guitarist Juan Montoya.

"[3] Guitarist and singer Steve Brooks recorded his vocal tracks about a dozen different ways before settling on a composition that fit well with the music.

[2] As a group, they also had to strip the musical parts of the songs down to a more simplified arrangement to fit in the vocal tracks, and due to the lengthy process, decided on releasing a short EP in the interest of time.

"[3] By this point in the band's career, the only Torche album that was not self-produced was Meanderthal which was recorded with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou.

Retrospectively, after the EP's release, Torche expressed their gratitude for working with a third-party in the studio, and suggested that Songs for Singles may be their final self-produced record.

However, this early version was jokingly contained David Lee Roth's vocal track from Van Halen's 1978 single "Runnin' with the Devil," and was created by Hydra Head without Torche's knowledge.

Tom Breihan of Pitchfork Media commented that these tracks are where the album "really takes off" and that they "slow down their attack noticeably, letting space and dynamics creep into the guitar-storm.

described these two songs as the album's "real meat" and continued, "Rolling out like methodic and slow-moving urban assault vehicles, these cuts will probably save Torche's latest EP from the danger of being written off as 'less than essential' by our unwashed critical masses.