This is the second full-length release from Matt's former band, electro-indie rock power duo, Gravity and Henry. Long-time Portland music journalist S.P. Clarke touts Sputnik: Travelling Companion as: a "baker's dozen of high-quality songs, well-written, well-wrought and well-produced. Intelligent, impassioned and energetic, this pair overflows with ideas, with the inherent abilities to fully execute those ideas." Clarke goes on to describe the album as "incontrovertably powerful...thick and complex...thought-provoking and jaw-droppingly well-executed...."