[1] They were signed to Edinburgh's Stereogram Recordings, run by Jeremy Thoms of The Cathode Ray and Innes Reekie, one of the producers of Big Gold Dream.
Originally called Lainie & the Crows and described by The Skinny (magazine) as a "rootsy modern-retro outfit laced with country-tinged harmonies, rockabilly twangs, sweet Appalachian blues and the occasional laid-back heartbreaker",[2] the band supported folk rock acts such as Jon Allen (musician) at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut.
The album was described by The Scotsman as “blissful, burnished reveries...a pleasing patchouli oil-scented blend of prog rock, pastoral folk and psych soul”.
Writing in the March 2019 issue of Prog (magazine), Grant Moon stated that the album had a “deeply pleasing sense of tradition [...] rich in harmonic ideas and pastoral tones”.
[11] Writing in The Scotsman, Fiona Shepherd called it “timeless and seamless" with the band "embellishing the psych folk and prog rock of opening track Miles From Home with a bright horn break straight out of the Burt Bacharach songbook, applying western swing fiddle and trad jazz trumpet to the scurry of Zeitgeist and offering a sensitive psychedelic reading of folk standard Blackwaterside, which showcases Chris Reeve’s guitar playing as much as Lainie Urquhart’s storytelling.".