The band's sound relies a stark contrasts between quiet minimalism and colossal crescendos.

AbsolutePunk described the band as "sounding like what would happen if someone melted Explosions In The Sky, Radiohead and The Antlers’ Hospice together.

The album was listed as one of the year's top release by The Alternative Tone (#13),[5] Team Reasonable (#10),[6] and PopBlerd (#10).

[7] The Dandelion War has toured up and down the west coast since 2010 and has become a mainstay of the San Francisco Bay Area music scene.

The band has opened for Imagine Dragons, Asobi Seksu, The Appleseed Cast, Cymbals Eat Guitars, and Caspian, among others.