 " Random <unk> " was one of Alkan 's favourites and he persuaded Late of the Pier to re @-@ record it like a classical piece of music rather than in a rock @-@ oriented way . The vocal harmonies at the end of the song were added during one of the last days of recording when the pressure to complete the album was high . " Heartbeat " is based on an old acid house demo track that Eastgate created during his childhood using a Roland TB @-@ 303 electronic synthesiser @-@ sequencer . The track features complex time signature progressions and a guitar solo played by Potter on the sampler at the end . " Whitesnake " was inspired by the music of Devo , Roxy Music , and Dandi Wind , while " VW " is based on a 2001 demo recorded in Eastgate 's attic . In the studio , Late of the Pier hired brass players to perform the horn sections and create new scales . Once the instrumentals were recorded , the band members purposefully decided to mix their own playing lower in certain sections of the song so that listeners could hear the horns more clearly . 
