The song "My Yvonne" features backing vocals by a young and then-unknown Adele.

With a singing style in the cockney accent of Lily Allen or Kate Nash, he differentiated himself from these singers by actually playing the guitar himself.

"[2] At Spin, Jon Young wrote: "Occasionally, you wish Peñate would just calm down already — even the ballads feel a little rushed — but his ordinary bloke vocals and eager hooks never fail to please.

"[12] Tom Ewing of Pitchfork explained: "everything on Matinée suggests he's a decent guy.

But just as you're warming to him he comes out with another one-liner like "no one owns what nature's grown," and you're forced to remember that good men can also make bad records.