[3] AllMusic's Heather Phares wrote: "it's not for the faint of heart, but anyone partial to heavy, brooding, uncompromising music will likely be gladly carried away by it".

[8] Puja Patel of Spin resumed: "Brooklyn darkwave duo fuel electro-goth rage with industrial beat-machines and amorphous Grace Jones swag".

[12] Michael Merline of Spectrum Culture wrote: "Light Asylum is an album of utterly enthralling moments stretched out to the point of breaking, their repetitive tension lending one headphone banger after another the kind of exhausting gravity Funchess seems to be mining better than anyone else out there.

[9] In mixed reviews, Alex Young of Consequence stated: "Light Asylum is intimidating, but the band's goth pop comes with an undeniable groove that's still easy to enjoy".

[5] Digby Bodenham of DIY found "there is a willful lack of originality on the album in so much as at times it has such a faithful synth-pop sound that you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a 1980s reissue".