"Visit This Place" has a sing-along chorus that is bound to make it a live staple. The jerky yet measured new wave chords of "Swooping Energies" help to explain why Bob Pollard chose Ric Ocasek from The Cars to produce some of GbV's big budget material. "Keep It Coming" starts off quietly and then blooms into a heavy mid-tempo rocker. There is a bracing emotional quality to the slow and booming "Actions Speak Volumes" that Bob Pollard has only rarely approached before on such songs as "Learning To Hunt" and "Heavy Metal Country". In mid-GbV tradition, "Stronger Lizards" is over nearly as soon as its chord changes start to register. The title track is like a lost gem from the days of Static Airplane Jive, lo-fi, melodic and haunting. "Request Pharmaceuticals" has the hard, cynical edge evinced on some songs from Isolation Drills. The straight-faced acoustic Americana of "For Liberty" brings up a part of Bob Pollard's songwriting that always seems to be at odds with his general role as an indie mystic. "Dig Through My Window" is the clear winner of this strong bunch - a memorably beautiful song lushly filled out by the string quartet Invert. The EP ends on a somber note with the anthem of working-class futility "Beg For A Wheelbarrow". The grim message of the repeated chorus is driven home by the sinister use of high and low vocal octave shift effects.