According to journalist Alex Ross, the band had become "the poster boys for a certain kind of knowing alienation—as the Talking Heads and R.E.M. had been before".
Prema riječima novinara Alexa Rossa članovi skupine postali su "dečki s postera za određenu vrstu svjesnog otuđenja—kao što su Talking Heads i R.E.M. bili prije njih".