[1][2] In an article for The New York Times, Giovanni Russonello called Altschul's drumming "a study in something more than contrast," and wrote: "He knows how to skip across the surface of a beat while also giving it serious heft; his pocket is magnetic, but he'll just as soon dice it up or splatter it to bits."

"[10] Selwyn Harris of Jazzwise suggested that listening to the album was like "going back to when jazz was a voice for raw spontaneity and creative excess in the progressive tradition.

"[12] Mike Jurkovic of All About Jazz called the album "as great an observation point as any to listen in as three guys tackle time and temper and come out victorious,"[3] while writer Karl Ackermann described it as "a compellingly performed collection from a fine trio.

"[4] AAJ's Dan McClenaghan noted the musicians' "boisterous approach—tumultuous, rumbling muscularity from bassist Fonda and drummer Altschul, bellowing, screeching diatribes from saxophonist Irabagon.

"[13] Jazz Word's Ken Waxman remarked: "Energy Music of the highest order, there's delicacy here as well as dissonance... As outside as they become with reed split tones, percussion splatters and weighty string slithering, a kernel of melody is referred to on and off.