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Wikipedia says Alkan met the band in late 2007, the work picked up in December and was nearly done by late January 2008, with final touches in May; Jimmy Robertson engineered, and Cenzo Townshend mixed the first three tracks. The working title in 2006 was Interesting Adventure, and the band chose the final title at random after considering Peggy Patch and Her Sequenced Dress. "Heartbeat" was built on a childhood acid house demo on a Roland TB-303, and "The Enemy Are the Future" came from a hungover jam in which Dawson played about 40 beats; they recorded in baths and re-amped guitars through air vents. Faley told The Skinny that most of the album was old songs the band was getting sick of.

Drowned in Sound's Mike Diver gave 8 of 10, calling them a band with ability well beyond the simple sum of influential parts; Gigwise gave 4.5 of 5; The Quietus's Luke Turner said it manages to be daft without being moronic; PopMatters gave 8 of 10. Clash ranked it third among 2008 albums, FACT fifth and NME 18th. Spin gave 3 of 5 and Consequence a C minus.