Criminal is the fourth studio album by American post-punk band the Soft Moon.

[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 14 reviews.

Club said the album "evokes all of those classic, angry goth teen touchstones.

And while that poetry-journal melodrama grows a tad exhausting by album’s end, there are plenty of deliciously bitter pleasures here for anyone who similarly loves brooding in that blacked-out, candlelit bedroom of the mind.

"[12] Francisco Gonçalves Silva from The 405 explained "Despite the album adopting a confessional structure, the characteristic elements of The Soft Moon’s aggression remains.