[5] The music video for track "These Days" was filmed on a rooftop across the street from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

The album art is based on the classic Pee Chee brand school folder, featuring the faces of the band members.

Doray compared the vocals to Incubus and noted that "the lighter songs on the album are equally as powerful as the heavier ones.

He wrote that the band "use pop metal as a springboard for some eclectic experimentation", adding that "the album feels unfocused, and this time, Alien Ant Farm don’t have a novelty hit up their sleeve.

They wrote, "on Alien Ant Farm’s truANT, the group's follow-up to its 2001 smash debut Anthology, the proto-alt-metal-lite sound gets the occasional spell with swatches of salsa ('Tia Lupe'), The Police ('Never Meant') and Faith No More (the vocal hook in 'Rubber Mallet' is lifted straight from 'Falling to Pieces')", adding that "[it's] nice to see Alien Ant Farm branching out, only it’s too bad none of it’s all that riveting.