"Combining the verse of Latin Mass with early medieval folk songs, electronic manipulations and improvised instrumentation, Secular Psalms takes a postmodernist approach of freewheeling influences. Douglas finds his strengths most clearly when focusing on instrumental mood music, such as on the ambient meditation of opener "Arrival", where Douglas' serpentine, high-register trumpet melody intertwines with the rhythmic consistency of Berlinde Deman's tuba".