[5] The recording sessions took place at the Grand Masonic Lodge, in Dunedin, New Zealand.

[6] The New Zealand Herald called The Venus Trail "a more refined and accomplished album.

"[7] Stylus Magazine called the album's first single, "Hey Seuss", "a fantastic scuzzed-up pop song of a track built around a simple descending guitar riff, but for all the sophistication of its recording, it still sound like it was done on Chris Knox’s four track.

"[8] Trouser Press wrote that the album "can’t match Hellzapoppin’s amazing gusts of energy — not even with the angry, two-minute sock in the face 'Hey Seuss' — yet it attains nearly the same level of accomplishment in the expanded range of sounds.

"[9] Spin wrote that "beautiful melodies fight to be recognized over the twin guitar delirium.