[6] Patrick Spurgeon had replaced Freda Love on drums; the band also brought in guitarist Ed Ackerson.

[8] Rolling Stone called Hideout "a collection of tuneful compositions awash in a whirlpool of swirling sound," writing that "the moodily melodic 'Grey Street', which follows in the footsteps of Syd Barrett at his most coherent, lulls yet captivates with emotive vocal harmonies.

"[11] Stereo Review deemed it a "determinedly neopsychedelic second album," praising the "marvelously textural guitar work by [John] Strohm.

"[9] Trouser Press wrote that "the seething distortion of Hideout builds a loud, confident bridge to shoegazing sensuality ... Antenna radiates its tuneful shock waves, painting pretty pictures and peeling the canvas back at the same time.

"[7] Surveying the album for a retrospective on Mammoth Records, Indy Week deemed Antenna "a pop band at heart, but its mind was filled with dreams of country music and walls of shoegaze sound that made for an alluring combination.