Brent Stansfield writes songs about dragons, cars, money, trains, existential dread, 1980's arcade games, anxiety about technological progress, baseball, failed romance, and anchovies. Reviewers have described his style as "minimalism, melancholy, and melodica," "a little James Taylor goes a long way," and "a good approximation of if Marc Coen and Boz Scaggs could have a sexy baby." His online songwriting persona, Hostess Mostess, currently holds a 17% win rate on SongFight.org.