Most of the group's music is instrumental, featuring multiple undistorted electric guitars, with bass and drums, as well as electric lap steel guitar, viola, and occasionally piano, vibraphone, or trumpet.

[1][2] The band has had a fluid lineup that has included vibraphonist Eric Koltnow and lap steel player Ben Vaughan.

An interview with another band member claims the name derives from a childhood game between brothers Jay and Allen, however.

They followed it with Silence Magnifies Sound in 2000,[6] Things Shaped in Passing in 2002, Everywhere, and Right Here in 2004, and Casually Smashed to Pieces in 2007.

[7][8][9] In 2024, they published a collaborative album with Goodmorning Valentine, titled Kissing Distance, which was originally recorded in 2006.