The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: 'There's an ease and confidence about Forensic... a strong album with a rare coherence and sense of purpose.

"[3] The 5-star All About Jazz review by Chris May states "Mysterious, moody and close to the edge, Forensic plays like a new take on the noir tradition.

"[1] In a review for The Guardian, John Fordham says "Some of the music is spookily dark and sepulchral, some of it delicately eccentric, some spun as slowly and symmetrically as a web, and the cello of Ben Davis is a constant source of both fresh melody and subtle timbres.

"[2] Lara Bellini of the BBC commented: "Laubrock shows an inextinguishable curiosity, testing stylistic boundaries both as composer and interpreter.

Her investigative (indeed, forensic) approach to jazz shapes the album from head to toe, dissecting it under a playful scalpel.