[6] The Music was released on 22 September 2002, when all four band members had only recently turned eighteen years of age.

[7] The album has been described as incorporating elements of psychedelia, dance-rock, post-grunge, electronica and hard rock.

[4] Pitchfork also made similar complaints about the production, praising Harvey's vocals and several tracks such as "Take The Long Road and Walk It", "Too High" and "Float" but overall concluded that the album sounds "overproduced and underdeveloped" and was also lukewarm to the songwriting.

They also ridiculed the band name, stating that it "makes them impossible to find on the web and the butt of any number of easy jokes".

The UK release of this album also contains a track in the pregap called "New Instrumental", which plays upon rewinding from the start of "The Dance".