"The De Rosa sound has been described as art-punk, but draws heavily on folk traditions, at least in Martin Henry's approach to lyric-writing. Stated influences include Sonic Youth, Woodie Guthrie, Pixies, Bob Dylan, Wire, novelist Alasdair Gray, Joy Division, Kate Bush, The Go-Betweens, Johnny Cash, Mogwai, Bert Jansch, the American photographer William Eggleston, The Velvet Underground and Aphex Twin."