Miracle-Level presents less as a studio recording and more as a perfect performance observed from an ideal location, and Deerhoof takes the opportunity to construct some of their widest ranging dynamics to date.

The songs on Devil Kids— a live album constructed from the audio captured by the four camera mics of a December basement-livestream— are energetic, matured, dare-I-say improved (in the way songs are after sitting with a band for years) versions of studio recordings with the palpable energy of a group that loves playing together.