Upon initial release, Pitchfork Media included it in their best new tracks section[1] and rated it as 34th best song of the year.
The song came about when Atlas Sound began to tour as the opener for Animal Collective in Europe.
Bradford states:[3] I toured for a period in Europe with Animal Collective, whose band dynamic was very inspirational to be around.
'Although the song is mainly constructed from samples, when performing live Cox will rarely use a sampler to recreate it, as he has not since mid-2009.
[4] Since early 2010, Cox will simply play the song with an acoustic guitar featuring large improvised sections and occasionally a drum machine.