Musically, the track showed very early what exactly made Sunnyboys stand out. Sources around the band keep returning to the way Jeremy Oxley fused simple pop harmonies, strong melody, direct guitar phrasing and a raw emotional truth. The sound of “Alone With You” has speed, nerve and urgency without losing its vulnerability. The Guardian notes, characteristically, that the song manages to fit as many as three guitar peaks into less than four minutes, which explains why it always feels as if it is moving forward, restless inside its own tension.