"[2] Since Power felt that the album was a return "to the space I sat in between The La's and Cast,"[2] he decided to play bass on it for the first time since he was in his former band.

This meant that Cast recorded as a three-piece with Youth on board as producer, and work on the album wrapped up in late 2023.

[7] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic felt in a 4-star review that "the sturdiness of the craft and its faithfulness to Cast's body of work means Love Is the Call could indeed function as a handsome farewell, but it also suggests the band might have more plenty of road left ahead of them.”[8] In a positive review, Uncut wrote that "weird details stud essentially conventional songs by a band who sound energised, and in many ways The Coral's true kin.

"[12] Stuart Evans of XS Noize, in a 5-star review, contended that "Love Is The Call is the sound of a band reborn; it feels like a debut record, a new beginning; very few artists can say that this far into their career; for Cast, however, they are doing more than Alright.

"[13] In a less-positive, 3-star review, Record Collector remarked that "their seventh effort might start with short, low-key ballad Bluebird but that turns out to be a complete misnomer for an album chock-full of effervescent indie anthems and buoyant guitars.