 As with their previous album, the majority of the songs are related to fables and the members' "favorite stories" compiled from "The Brothers Grimm", except for "As You Wish", which is based on the story "The Princess Bride", along with "This Is Usually The Part Where People Scream" which is based on the first season of the television series "Heroes".AllMusic gave the album a negative review, saying it contained "cookie-cutter" predictability in the screamo genre, "without the spark of personality or originality that might make them stand out from the crowd of equally unmemorable acts.