One reviewer described the album as a "no-hold-barred modern day revival meeting".

[2] Compared to the bands' debut, this release features a refined sound.

Attributed to experience and having spent almost three months on production, vocalist Matt Morginsky joked that "we play in tempo and in tune on this one!

"[6] The music contains harder guitars and begins to show diverse influences, like surf and R&B.

Going on to say that the album stood as an example and reproach to the trendy but superficial Orange County ska movement.