The first half – 'Moaning Lisa Smile' and 'Storms' ("My demon's my friend, so fight me") – comes on like the ritual sacrifice of Throwing Muses with Courtney Love's rustiest guitar strings before 'Heavenly Creatures' and 'We Are Not The Same' indulge their softer psychedelic doom-folk side, the dejected calm after the massacre.
"[4] Emma Swann of DIY characterized the EP as "2014 grunge", and added: "The angst oozing from the guitars of Ellie and bandmate Joff Oddie is tangible, whether accompanied by the yells of single 'Moaning Lisa Smile' and the even fiercer follow-up 'Storms', or the near-whispers of final two 'Heavenly Creatures' and 'We're Not The Same'.
"[5] DIY critic Emma Swann wrote, "It's definitely an EP of two halves: Wolf Alice can – and do – ace both loud and quiet.
There's 'Moaning Lisa Smile' with a chorus that's nothing short of glorious, and some deft sonic layering – putting Ellie's powerful vocals over impeccable hooks and repeated aural blasts.
It's a really well balanced track, drawing itself along nicely," and concluded his review saying: "If we're to see a studio album from Wolf Alice, you'd kinda hope it kicks the face off whatever target it chooses to go for.