Following the 2011 release of their previous album, It's All True, the duo spent several years pursuing solo and side projects, which included Jeremy Greenspan's working on music by Caribou and Jessy Lanza.

[8] Andy Kellman of AllMusic noted influences from "a pool of old sources, including post-disco, early and raw Chicago house, and the bizarre art-pop of Yellow Magic Orchestra (and graphically from Jesus and Mary Chain's Darklands)" and felt that it "contends with Last Exit as Junior Boys' deepest, most vibrant work.

"[9] The Guardian's Lanre Bakare complimented the duo's "ability to mix elements smoothly",[11] while Pitchfork's Cameron Cook stated that "it's impressive and frankly unusual to see a band five albums into their career experiment with new sounds and actually make it work, but Junior Boys have pulled it off.

"[15] Stephen Worthy, writing in Mixmag, called it "their most rounded, consistently engaging record yet",[13] and in a separate review for Mojo, he added that "their reunion album fizzes with energy—although it retains the underlying melancholia that defined their previous work.

[17] PopMatters writer John Bergstrom was mixed in his assessment, remarking that the band sound like they "want to be Pet Shop Boys", but that they "need to work on sharpening up that Canadian wit and maybe using 'baby' a bit more ironically.