"Every track on Joy One Mile overflows with ideas. Elements appear and disappear, basslines kick in unexpectedly, melodies emerge from chaotic beds of drums. The interplay between the scuffed drums and crystalline synths on "Elite Excel" is arguably the album's most bewitching moment. "Fascination" makes you wait a full three minutes before utopian chords kick in, while "Natives" bounces around with the awkward, angular energy of Fad Gadget".