Incidentally, the pedigree shows through here as well, at least in Joe's vocals on many of the songs. It's perhaps not as noticeable on opening track "Anyone," but after hearing tracks like "Death Machine" and lead single "Two Sisters" I had to go look at the liner notes to make sure Sting wasn't doing guest vocals on the song. And hey, don't get me wrong, I like a lot of Sting's music, and the style fits very well in Fiction Plane's music rather than feeling forced to try to draw attention to themselves. Speaking of which, I really hate to use such a generic term, but really the best way I can categorize the music is just as alternative rock, or maybe alternative rock and jangle pop. It definitely has those sorts of jangly guitar sounds, on tracks like "Anyone" or "Death Machine." Songs like "It's a Lie" and "Presuppose" have licks that evoke The Police and older U2, although parts of "Presuppose" are also driven by a guitar riff that wouldn't sound out of place on a Cake album. Funky grooves also abound, frequently driven by the bass, on songs like "Death Machine" (yes, I've mentioned it three times now; yes, I like it a lot) or the darker groove of "Running the Country." Incidentally though, the high point of the CD is the stripped-down "Drink," consisting almost only of acoustic guitar and emotional, introspective vocals for most of the song.