Plaid's music involves emotive riffs that sit proudly over complex syncopated rhythms. The songs have melodic narratives and only rarely is the human voice used to spell these out. Synthetic layers are heaped on, producing euphoric highs at times and uncomfortable dark spaces at others. In the years since their last release, Plaid's time has been spent composing for film and stage as well as touring new and classic works, including performances at Warp Records' 20th anniversary, which lead to developing ideas for their latest album project, Scintilli.