Reviews of the album were generally positive, citing an atavistic and primal indie-rock sound. An Atavistic throwback to the 19th century. "Spin" praised it as "an atavistic orgy of recycled riffs and lifelong obsessions". Notomelia and cephalomelia represent atavistic reappearances of dorsal fins. Freud describes it as atavistic feelings of death. Monty Don has speculated on an atavistic connection between present-day gardeners and pre-modern peasantry. Spence favored Leary's model and used it to describe the moods of atavistic pop culture. They need no atavistic reversals into 'themselves'. The film is about the atavistic Muslim practice of male polygamy. After founding Atavistic Records, Kellison released some of Branca's later guitar symphonies. He was critical of the concept of the atavistic criminal as developed by Cesare Lombroso. In "Uppu", he told the story of the atavistic Muslim practice of male polygamy. Timothy Leary himself has also commented on the relationship between infancy and atavistic pop trends. The Body Haters, released on April 21, 1998 by Atavistic and Young God Records. They have currently been relicensed and reissued by Atavistic Records.