Unlike most ambient artists, The World on Higher Downs is a collaborative effort of four members, Troy Schafer, Eric Bray, Nathaniel Ritter, and Vincent Wachowiak. Together, they form a luscious blend of shoegaze guitar, keyboards, electronic drums, soulful violin, and varying bass patterns. Each instrument can singlehandedly change the atmosphere of a song. They all have equal influence on the sound and the overall effect is something that one person could not achieve. At all times, multiple ideas swirl around each other, intertwining while still acting as their own entity. "Euclid" is very repetitive at its base, but different melodies from a violin that just barely sings out of its context to an overpowering bassline that ends in a double stopped chord keep the song interesting. The band makes use of repetitive song structures by simply changing the texture and melody constantly. An ever flowing, relentless style emanates from this compositional style.
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