It's all gestating right now [...] Each Kick exists in a kind of quantum state until the day that I send it to mastering.

Famed Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto makes a guest vocal appearance on "Sanctuary".

[3] Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork would find the album to be "the most understated" of the Kick series, likening it to "an Easter egg in a video game—a sparkly basket of jewels collected from the crevices of Arca’s more imposingly monumental works.

"[12] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis called the album an Aphex Twin-inspired take on ambient music, stating that its "moments of blissed-out loveliness" were able to "coexist with disquiet".

Club gave a more mixed review, stating that it was "akin to the day after a snowstorm: There’s some beauty to it, but the unsightly ice piles curdling near the sidewalks stand out the most.