[3] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Paul Simpson writing that this is "a refinement of her style that reveals a wider array of emotions than" her previous EPs and the "music is always dramatic, honest, and futuristic".
[4] The Daily Telegraph scored this release 4 out of 5 stars, with reviewer Cat Woods writing that Friday has "got talent in spades" and favorably compares this work to Fatima Al Qadiri, Massive Attack, Santigold, and Yves Tumor.
[5] In Exclaim!, Chris Bryson gave this release an 8 out of 10 for "grounding duelling flames of love and longing, perseverance and grace, and life and death in genre-fluid experimentalism".
[7] The Quietus' Amanda Farah calls this "a debut album that bursts from the starting blocks with all guns blazing" that show's Friday's dedication as a musician, who can blend confidence with vulnerability in her lyrics.
[11] In a June round-up of the best albums of 2023,the publication placed this at 27, with critic James Rettig writing that this is "built for the club, a space where those differences strobe into transcendence, and she offers up enough pulse-pounding jams and sticky synth quivers to keep us wanting more".