[1] The band's philosophy was to subtract musical embellishment to songs rather than add them; they also did not enjoy the recording process.

[14] The Boston Globe opined that the band "excels at a neoprimitive blues that skips across genres, but owes mostly to the early, lowdown Chicago sound of Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters.

"[7] The St. Petersburg Times said that Treat Her Right "brings a forward-looking sensibility to the blues base of Tied to the Tracks...

"[9] The Province noted that the lyrics are "loaded with menace and desperation and hipster cool and ironic humor.

"[1] The Morning Call dubbed the band "the cool, urban hipster cousins of Creedence Clearwater Revival".