 The band often mentioned Ride, Slowdive or Prefab Sprout, which Axel considered it as "guilty pleasure".The press often references The Penelopes to Pixies, Daft Punk, M83, and Air.Axel told Digital Spy about their sound, "It’s a really difficult question – the background of The Penelopes are very rock and very new wave – then we tried to incorporate disco and electronics.