I Went to Hell and Back

writes that the album sees the band "settle on a sound somewhere in between the darkness of their last record [The Great Depression] and the more upbeat stylings of their early material", a "decision that pays dividends throughout."

"[6] New Noise Magazine's Tabitha Timms notes "IDGAF" for "shin[ing] a light on the band's ability to create catchy melodies and puts a heavy push on fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek lyrics, featured in the song's chorus"; "I Lie to Me"'s "descending staircase feeling of hooks tied into the chorus and verses"; "I Hate Me Too" as a "powerhouse of a track" which "indicates that their [sic] in-tune with their genre and modernizing it"; and the closing title track which "adds an easy listening dynamic to the record, leaving for a light ending to a bold record.

"[12] Upset's Stephen Ackroyd calls the album, "in an unstable world", "a record that's raw, honest, but also determined and stronger than ever", making a catharsis that "feels important, both for the band and everyone else.

"[14] In a marginally less positive review, Sputnikmusic's Jesper L. opens by quoting the "I'm 14 and this is deep" meme, noting "admittedly shaky lyricism" such as the chorus "I don't want to be right/But I know that it's true/I'm dead inside/I hate me too" and "Sick and tired as the world keeps spinning around/Am I losing my head?"

as not "exactly profound or in need of any interpretation whatsoever", but still "highly capable of opening up conversations about mental health among the target demographic of trap-infused pop punk."