Wolf Lie Down builds on the bands literate guitar-pop arcana, seamlessly incorporating their pastoral desert-noir sensibility into Cohen and Miles dueling damaged art-punk songcraft. While the record is driven and performed predominately by the duo of Miles and Cohen, former members Shayde Sartin and Kyle Gibson lay down their classic rhythmic chug on a few tunes. They also enlisted original drummer James Kim, as well as touring companion James Barone (Beach House) on drums and some mixing duties.