Polmo Polpo is characterized by distorted drones, subtle rhythms, and ambient textures.

The new material was a mix of ambient textures and dance music.

There he first used Revox A77 tape machines to create ambient electronic textures.

The style of this album consists of subtle and largely acoustic pop compositions with heavy ambient textures.

The recording differs somewhat from the band's previous three albums, tending towards a more ambient and atmospheric texture of sound.

A middle section counters that with more ambient textures and clean guitars.

A daring blend of vocals and ambient textures it was described by The Face as 'monumentally beautiful'.

The music is a unique blend of smooth ambient textures, techno rhythms and various acoustic and natural recordings.

But his attempts to link this sound to pop formulas and ambient textures did not always convince.

Most of the pieces are in a long format, often beginning with subtle ambient textures and bursting into more active compositions.