melodies and stuff. So there's a lot of, like, crazy melodies that she did." Similarly, Tony Bevilacqua said of the band’s musical growth to the Seattle Weekly; “Brody wrote Sing Sing Death House like three years ago, and she’s kind of grown up, and her songwriting’s really matured. Not that it was immature before, but the kind of music that she’s writing has just naturally changed, I think. Everything that she wrote on this record was what she wanted to do and what she’s been into. We like all different kinds of music; music that’s more mellow or slower, stuff that’s fast and aggressive, so it was nice to be able to do all different kinds of styles and not be confined to doing one record of all the same kind of music.” The change in sound could have also been related to Dalle's separation from Armstrong, and subsequently, the California punk scene. Dalle also saw the album as the first time she had come into her own musically; “I actually felt liberated. I felt free for the first time in my life. I felt like I was starting to become in charge of myself.” Brody would later announce on September 25, 2003, that she had decided to change her surname from "Armstrong" to Dalle", after the actress Béatrice Dalle, which was seen as a move to further detach herself from Tim Armstrong's image. Coral Fang was noted by several publications for its recurring motifs to blood, violence and gore, alongside references to hanging and stabbing. The Chicago Tribune described the lyrics as "images of ominous violence and trembling anticipation". When asked by The Guardian about the violent themes, Dalle responded; "Well, blood represents life, and loss of it is death. The album is a snapshot of a period of intense transition." Contrary to popular assumption, Coral Fang lyrics are about Dalle's childhood and her experiences of sexual abuse. While the album was widely interpreted to be about Dalle's split with Armstrong, Dalle later clarified that only two songs on the album, "Die On a Rope" and "For Tonight You're Only Here To Know", are about him. During the album's promotion, the band refused to discuss the meanings of the songs due to the band being tired of questions about Dalle's divorce, with Ryan Sinn stating in an interview with the Seattle Weekly; "It’s kind of strange when your life