- Epic Riff: "Shot by Both Sides" is sometimes considered to have one of the great riffs.
- Nightmare Fuel:
- Secondhand Daylight is full to the brim with it, starting with what appears to be an impaled severed head on the album cover.
- Real Life has its fair share of creepy and off-putting songs as well, such as "Parade", "The Great Beautician In The Sky" and "The Light Pours Out Of Me". That album cover is pretty unsettling as well.
- Signature Song: "Shot by Both Sides", ironically (and maybe a little annoyingly for the band) essentially a legacy from Devoto's days with Buzzcocks. After that, the closest they come to this trope is probably "A Song From Under The Floorboards" or perhaps "Rhythm of Cruelty".
- Wangst: While the band's angst-laden songs may be more than a little ironic, hostile critics sometimes suggest that they overdo this to the point of being irritating.
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