He was impressed with Feder's solo pieces, adding that her "[un]traditional playing methods" produce sounds that are "startling but always strangely beautiful".

[4] Glenn Astarita wrote in a review of the album in All About Jazz that the duo's "congenial set" of "avant frameworks" is "truly fascinating".

[3] In another review in All About Jazz, Nic Jones said Feder and Frith's six duets are the album's highlights, and that while "there's ... plenty here for both the ears and the eyes", he found the predominance of solo performances "a little frustrating", adding that he hoped that next time the pair could "properly get together".

[5] Writing in Exposé, K. Leimer said on Ironic Universe the "experimental inflections" of the prepared guitar balance almost perfectly with the "radiant graces of traditional and non-traditional scales and tunings".

Leimer described the album as "beautiful without simply being pretty", and added that the contrast between Feder and Frith's solo and duo performances "provides an excellent structural metaphor for the way in which the music itself is built".