will fitzpatrick of "the fly" gave a positive assessment of the album and claimed that peel "wanders into territory reminiscent of belle & sebastian's fragile indie pop of yore", but distinguished the acts by adding "that's far from the sum of "the broken wave"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ambition". fitzpatrick also commented that the peel's recording of the irish traditional folk song "the parting glass" transcends its irish roots to become a memorably eerie slab of folktronica".