[7] In The Quietus, Will Salmon similarly writes that this is "a visceral and strange album, one that revels in its abstractions, but is direct in what it has to say", noting that the group has managed to expand on its sound since 2021's ...EP.
[10] Ben Devlin of musicOMH scored this album four out of five stars for "spiky, rebellious sentiments" that he recommends to fans of electronic and industrial music.
[12] John Amen of Beats Per Minute gave the album a score of 76% and wrote, "While i've seen a way naturally suggests an atheistic vision, it also ironically reaches for something eternal that exists beyond the horrific tortuosities of sociopolitical evolution.
Life, God, Spirit, The Way... Mandy, Indiana never lose sight of their aesthetic and existential north star, despite how convincingly they navigate despair.
"[13] In a June round-up of the best albums of 2023, Stereogum placed this at 46, with critic James Rettig writing that "tracks rise and fall unexpectedly, and amid the twisted and turned and pulse-poundingly mangled sounds, an environment starts to emerge — one filled with clanging and clamor and a devilish cool".