Glenn Gamboa, in a four-star-out-of-four review for Newsday, celebrated the album for its combination of emo's aggressiveness and "stadium-ready choruses" with emotional depth and "clever little touches of masters twice their ages -- an elegant drum fill here, a piano twinkle there".

[3] Corey Apar felt that there was "more noticeable ambition [...] than most of their peers attempt on album number one", citing its rejection of "huge choruses and cheeky lyrics" in favor of theatrical touches such as the background choral on "(X) Amount of Truth" and mixtures of "dynamic vocals and dexterous guitars with subtly shifting rhythms" on certain tracks.

[7] On the other hand, Sputnikmusic staff writer Iluvatar viewed most of the album was too typical for its genre, where the only highlights were early on and it became lesser in quality and nuance as it progressed.

Kelley called Brian Byrne the best aspect of the LP, "whose space-metal riffs and effects-pedal bombast truly send these songs skyward".

[7] Iluvatar considered Ryan Hunter the group's most "effective" player, praising his "well-developed" timbre and proper sense of restraint.