(The Joy of Wine, the band's actual debut, was a vinyl-only release on a small label and was limited to five hundred copies.)

("Summer's Empty Resolution", a harmonics-drenched solo for acoustic guitar, is vaguely reminiscent of Eddie Van Halen's "Spanish Fly".

)[citation needed] The Chicago Reader called the album one of 1995's "most passionate records," writing that "the Canaries don't play at being a rock band; they're the real thing.

"[6] Trouser Press wrote that the album "boasts some emphatically mesmerizing moments: [Damon] Che unskeins some of the more fetching controlled feedback explorations you’re likely to hear, especially 'Summer’s Empty Resolution' and the Middle Eastern-tinged 'Famous No Space'.

"[8] CMJ New Music Monthly wrote: "The depth and breath of this record is remarkable; listening can be work, and each time reveals new aural tricks.