carl schulz of" the snapper" newspaper at millersville university describes the album as being "praised for its distinctive clashes between gripping unclean vocals provided by john ritter, bone-crushing breakdowns, and sugary-sweet clean vocals". the door night club in deep ellum describes the work as "twelve tracks that segue from gnashing technical guitars into immediately irresistible refrains", going on to say that "electronic flourishes color the sound at points, while every element falls into an impenetrable groove reminiscent of deftones or sleeping with sirens". ryan de freitas of dead press! likened the group to memphis may fire and kellin quinn portraying the tunes as "pretty infectious when it’s at it’s best and with a bit of refining and more sporadic usage" continuing on to state that "some of the better [tracks] could easily reach [anthemic heights]". kriston mcconnell of under the gun review however, compared swank's vocals to those of andy leo from crown the empire.