", the second track, builds as "Taborn's percussive left hand churns the improvisation as he brings the piece to a boil, pressing Gustafsson to push his accelerator", then has a quieter section.

"[2] Martin Selkelsky of The Free Jazz Collective included the album in his list of 2017's top 10 releases.

[4] FJC reviewer Eyal Hareuveni described the album as "a meeting where some mean blows and kicks were exchanged," and "a muscular wrestling of heavy-weight champions of spontaneous improvisations, both as serious as their lives."

He noted that both musicians "correspond immediately to each other's gestures," while at the same time "neither Gustafsson or Taborn feel any need to compromise or blur their distinct, strong-minded personalities.

"[5] Writing for Stereogum, Phil Freeman stated that while Gustafsson "pops the valves... screeches, [and] bellows from the very bottom of the horn's range," Taborn, "no matter how much he's playing, always comes across unperturbed."