Associated Press proclaims, “[Prophet's] at his best on Bobby Fuller..., he’s a throwback who believes two guitars, bass, drums and a sense of humor make for great music, and he’s right.” Chuck Prophet describes his new album as California Noir. “The state has always represented the Golden Dream, and it’s the tension between romance and reality that lurks underneath the surface in all noir films and paperbacks, and that connects these songs. Doomed love, inconsolable loneliness, rags to riches to rags again, and fast-paced violence are always on the menu on the Left Coast.”