The sense of isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was an inspiration for the record,[1] which takes a cut-up technique approach to its lyrics and titles.

[1] Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Jude Noel described it as "another snapshot of the band in a state of manic deconstruction, retooling 2020's hooky, '80s-inspired Ur Fun into a labyrinthine dance-rock collage" as well as "unabashedly geeky, restless, and stuffed with enough Barnesian minutiae to satisfy even the most dedicated fan".

[3] Scott Dransfield of Under the Radar wrote, "imagine, if you will, a newly consistent cannabis high, crossed with pandemic paranoia, with a dash of overindulgent avant-garde art consumption and the ADHD spectrum, and you might get close to the mindset that produced Freewave Lucifer Fck".

[5] Ryan Dillon of Glide Magazine summed the album up as a "7-track expedition that has the Georgia-bred artist experimenting with dark tones and new textures".

Even among Of Montreal fans, it's likely listeners who enjoyed the esoteric experimentation of albums like Paralytic Stalks and White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood will be fully into this one".