[3] PopMatters described the song as follows: "Set to an upbeat, jangly guitar-pop backdrop, Harriet Wheeler enchants listeners with her brisk, crystalline vocals and a crisp melodic hook.

[1] According to Pitchfork, "Here's Where the Story Ends" had "more than one leg stuck in the 1980s, its gentle jangle pop and bookish miserabilism inevitably recalling fellow Rough Trade signees the Smiths.

At the same time, [it] has such a titanically strong pop melody—conveying a bittersweet tale of nostalgic longing—that it feels untethered to anything as prosaic as the calendar year".

[9] Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "This dance duo - DJ Darren Stokes and multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Edwards - started out as remixers for the likes of Urban Cookie Collective, Espiritu and Captain Hollywood.

"[10] Chris Finan of Record Mirror gave the song five out of five, saying, "Stokesy & Edwards follow "Strings for Yasmin" with another full-power house track.

Big beats and heavy bass dominate their own mix — huge kicks and loud samples, much like their recent non-speed-garage productions.