at "hm", sarah brehm said that "restart is packed with tracks that compete with the quality of today's current mainstream pop music, and the lyrics are much more positive, encouraging and wholesome than what is on the radio", and that "unlike their previous albums as it's packed with electrifying beats rivaling radio pop music." sarah fine at new release tuesday wrote that this release was different from any of their past albums, yet stated that "the production quality is nearly flawless, and lyrically, working with some of the best songwriters in the industry shows in the quality of the work. while the lyrics take the band to a whole new level, the group's journey into uncharted sonic waters is the real game changer." at jesus freak hideout, mark rice added that "it is no great secret that tait's boys have been progressively getting more poppy and electronic, but i could never have seen it coming for the newsboys to venture into the realm of dubstep."