[4] A press release by the group claims that "Through a fog of analog feedback loops and synths, the band’s performances breathe deeply and steadily like a dragon at rest.

[10] Spin wrote that "Mouthpiece" was "a memorable cut that should hopefully make the positive word of mouth migrate down to the U.S."[11] Mangan has announced a North American tour in support of the album.

Beginning October 25, 2014 in Philadelphia and ending in Vancouver on March 14, 2015, the tour comprises 36 dates including a performance at Toronto's famous Massey Hall.

stated: "This record posits Mangan as a bandleader rather than a solo act, since it's co-credited to his group Blacksmith, and it downplays troubadour-like folksiness in favour of cryptic darkness.

Although Mangan is still a balladeer at heart, his mellow songs now come swaddled in blankets of reverb and fleshed out by inventive full-band arrangements that draw on art-rock, worldbeat and jazz.