The song has squiggly synths, a squelching bass and a dubstep beat. Sam Sodomsky of "Pitchfork" felt the song features "an electronic symphony of squelching synths". The term "Acid" specifically refers to the harsh "acidic" squelching sound of the Roland 303. And yet you are apologizing for the squelching of minority views. However, instructions soon arrived from Vienna squelching any notion of offensive operations.