Moonhead

Trouser Press wrote that the album "alters the modus operandi a bit, stretching song lengths and forging a provocative, embryonic bond between wiry, Television-styled guitar interplay and groove-conscious kraut-rock rhythms (held in place by Jozef Becker’s incredibly focused drumming)."[9] The Los Angeles Times called the album "excellent," writing that the band's "fuzzy, often dissonant twin-guitar solos recall such diverse groups as Television and Spirit, as its material takes traditional forms and bends them into something unexpected, going from Western gallops to psychedelic dirges."[10]

The Guardian deemed "Crawl Piss Freeze" "not so much a song as an apocalyptic death march," while AllMusic described it as a postcard "from the edge."[11][8] Spin wrote that the track creates "an unforgiving atmosphere of sparked vocals supplanted by an eardrum-piercing fretboard roar."[12]

• Guy Kyser – guitar, vocals
• Roger Kunkel – guitar, vocals
• Stephen Tesluk – bass, vocals
• John Von Feldt – bass
• Jozef Becker – drums

with

• Paul McKenna – engineer, producer
• John Golden – Mastering
• Ross Garfield – Drum Technician

and

• Greg Gavin – Cover Painting, Paintings
• Merril Greene – Photography
• Robin K. – Photography
• Wendy Sherman – design