The Winter Coats' music has been described by reviewers as “Elements of noise rock, lo-fi, atmospheric and ambient music, post-rock, and straight-ahead trashy punk – all wrapped up in a noisy, analog and very original shell,” and “a well orchestrated and melodic 12-piece movement,” a “beautiful oddity,” and “like LSD…on acid.” "The Coats’ compositions contain passages of music and riffs that are nothing short of exhilarating.”

The venerable Weird Canada, recognized for its in-depth coverage of experimental/DIY music and art across the country, wrote about the Winter Coats second album: "The cryptically unknowable Fredericton duo of Garcia and Le Noir have produced a sophomore record you’d be proud to learn was created in your neck of the woods. Updating fans infrequently, rarely releasing tunes, and playing shows even more interstitially, it’s fair to assume they no longer exist at any juncture, but they’ve somehow surpassed the lifespan of many of their cohorts: Yellowteeth, Lee Harvey Oswalds, etc. Let Luis and Joel become your personal Boris or Glenn Branca."

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