It is the soundtrack to the Richard Kern film The Right Side of My Brain.

[4] Trouser Press wrote that the album "consists of eerie instrumentals orchestrated with piano, honking bass clarinet [...] and guitars that sound like they're being played with ice picks and hedge clippers.

"[4] Trouser Press described it as "something rather different for Lunch, and less like background music than most soundtracks.

"[4] The Rough Guide to Rock called the album "an eerie and twisted instrumental tribute to film noir.

"[5] All tracks are written by Lucy Hamilton and Lydia Lunch