playing "Fortune Teller", a track from Nu-Clear Sounds, and adding an extra part. On "Candy", Wheeler's vocals are backed by a drum machine and orchestral strings sampled from "Make It Easy on Yourself" (1965) by the Walker Brothers. The band re-wrote the song four times before they were finally satisfied with it. "Cherry Bomb" was recorded in the style of "Girl from Mars", a track from 1977 that also originates from the Nu-Clear Sounds sessions, begins as an acoustic ballad about Wheeler's brother. Hamilton said the bass part and drum intro were an attempt to emulate Weezer's track "Tired of Sex" (1996). McMurray went to a bar with Morris and Hamilton; Morris had encouraged McMurray to contribute during the sessions, which he had not done up to that point. Feeling hungover the following morning, McMurray picked up Morris's bass and composed the music for "Submission". The song is a Black Grape-esque tribute to Sadomasochism and includes the use of bongos. The orchestral-driven track "Someday" talks about escapism. "Pacific Palisades", which is reminiscent of the work of The Barracudas, includes references to Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and Sharon Tate. The song was initially planned to include samples of The Beach Boys' songs that had been edited to fit the track, with Wheeler's vocals dubbed over them but the band left out the samples when they realized they would have trouble clearing the Beach Boys' parts. Steve Ludwin of Little Hell contributed additional backing vocals to the song. "Shark" recalls the sound of Nirvana. Wheeler wrote "Sometimes" in a hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, while on tour to promote Nu-Clear Sounds. It began as a slow, sad song but after taking a break from the song, he decided to speed it up. The track is about outside influences that interfere with a relationship. The song was originally close to the sound of the 1977 track "Goldfinger" until Morris and Moulder made it sound closer to the work of The Smiths. Wheeler sings "Nicole" from the perspective of a serial-killer. Hamilton went to the studio, saying he liked the sound of the tube trains. Morris sent Hamilton to the station with a field recorder to record the sound of the London Underground that opens the song. The mid-tempo track "There's a Star" includes a Rhodes piano that is played by Hatherley, and is followed by the closing track "World Domination", which channels