The in scale (also known as the Sakura pentatonic scale due to its use in the well-known folk song Sakura Sakura) is, according to a traditional theory, one of two pentatonic scales used in much Japanese music, excluding gagaku and Buddhist chanting.
The album is characterized by many critics as being a rather experimental deviation from Thrice's post-hardcore roots, with the implementation of elements such as piano melodies ("For Miles"), electronica ("Red Sky"), folk Japanese music-box undertones ("Music Box" - The melody comes from the song Sakura Sakura) and chain gang chant choruses ("The Earth Will Shake").
Cardcaptor Sakura | Sakura | Sakura Kinoshita | Sakura Sakura | Sakura Sakurada | Sakura (musician) | Momoko Sakura | Sakura Wars | Sakura, Tochigi | Sakura Station | Sakura Square | Sakura Saunders | Sakura (Ketsumeishi song) | One Piece: Episode of Chopper + Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura |
In Japan, various electronic melodies are played, often of traditional melancholic folk songs such as "Tōryanse" or "Sakura".