Eight Step Rail reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 50

Eight Step Rail reached the ARIA Singles Chart Top 50 in February 1997. Its feature track, “Shut My Eyes”, received high rotation on national youth alternative music radio station, Triple J – it was listed at No. 81 on the station’s Hottest 100 for 1996 . AllMusic ‘s Jonathan Lewis described how “their wall of guitar noise (somewhat reminiscent of Siamese Dream -era Smashing Pumpkins) made them an overnight success on Australian radio … McLeod’s voice was a major drawcard.” Jasper Cooper of Oz Music Project felt that on the EP, “Musically, the band inherited much from contemporaries such as the Smashing Pumpkins, but McLeod’s appeal at the band’s fore, lent The Superjesus their own niche and stature. The single track ‘Shut My Eyes’ was the band’s tour de force, something that was still unmatched in their latter albums.”