In expressing a liking for The Iron Rugs, Pigfinger and Taller Trees, flotation toy warning differ from other bands, who often cite 'our parents', 'things on T.V.' and 'what we've seen older children doing' astheir main influences. When asked, Drusky said that the project was a means of documenting human feelings to a degree of realism not thought possible, set to a soundtrack created from previously unknown instruments, but to be honest, the whole thing had been so complex and demanding that he now wished they'd simply formed an accapella five piece to perform wasp covers.