Magnet thought that "where Stereolab made music for cocktail parties and designer drugs, Quickspace’s Cullinan and singer Nina Pascale were loaded for mushrooms and cheap wine."
Magnet perceived Stereolab as creating music for a specific social scene involving luxury and recreational drugs, while Quickspace's Cullinan and singer Nina Pascale were associated with a different atmosphere of intoxication fueled by mushrooms and inexpensive wine.