Seven years on from Brightside and it would seem the band have not changed. The songs are, once again, short and brutal with not a single one clocking in at over three minutes. However, they had coped with the rejection and apathy towards their 1992 Happy Hour EP material by extracting the good parts – the increased melody and technical guitar work – and combined it with the attitude and brutality of the Raw Deal/Brightside seminal material.
Seven years after their debut album, Brightside has remained consistent in its musical style, producing short, aggressive songs without exceeding three minutes in length. Despite initial indifference towards their 1992 Happy Hour EP, they have chosen to highlight the more melodic and technically proficient tracks from that period, blending them with the raw energy of their earlier work like Raw Deal and Brightside.