Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[F]rontman Samuel T. Herring continues to put a begging, pleading soulman spin on the moony affliction of the Cure and New Order -- slathering his gangly sandpaper croon all over songs like the dance-pop gallop 'Ran.'"

NME (Magazine) - "Largely, this is a set of songs that seep, creep and grow in strength, like opener `Aladdin', `Time On Her Side' and `Cave'."

Paste (magazine) - "[With] a burning single called 'Cave,' where Gerrit Welmers fans out the synths to create an echoing Blade Runner-like soundscape."

Pitchfork (Website) - "[T]hey tap into the emotion that runs deep under their synth-pop, and the results are more cathartic and devastating than ever."

Clash (magazine) - "[The album] nods towards their roots whilst also pulling somewhere rather different....The appearance of Debbie Harry on `Shadows' adds a rare dash of the unexpected..."