If I had to choose a single word to describe the music on this album, it would be "disjointed", or perhaps "discontinuous". Many of the songs seem to have been written as experiments in dissonance and disconnection between the vocal and instrumental lines; deviations from the traditional forms of melody and harmony abound, but never seem to combine to form any kind of consistent and aurally appealing pattern or counter-harmony. Lethargic synthesizer loops mix with minimal flute to produce an evocative but arid background over which the monotouous (and often monotone) vocals are laid; when one compares the tracks which are entirely or almost entirely instrumental to the others, it's hard not to wonder why the band bothered to add the painfully dissonant vocals at all.

Indeed, most of what flaws the album possesses are linked to the vocal line in one way or another. Neither of the two singers in the band displays anything beyond passable range, control, or precision, rendering the already unremarkable vocal line even duller. Furthermore, the theme of the album, which seems to be the interaction between bachelors and their lovers or dream lovers, is treated by the lyrics in such a way that it seems neither intellectually or emotionally stimulating, but merely dull. Further, the extensive use of quotes and ideas taken from artistic and literary sources in the naming and composition of songs adds little to the album but pretension. The songs on the album fail to communicate any of the importance or interest which their subjects presumably held for the songwriters; aside from a few instrumental pieces brightened by precise work on the flute, the resulting album is enervated, and ultimately unmemorable.