According to Remfry Dedman of The Independent, the song became "an instant favourite" among fans, with crowds at the band's live shows often singing back the track's refrain of "Misery never goes out of style" in a way that "was beginning to make them feel uncomfortable".
[7] Will Richards of DIY magazine explained that the video depicts James Scythe, the subject of the album's story, "wandering around the city, with some shots of frontman Will Gould pounding his chest in a car park, for good measure", describing it as "suitably dramatic".
[10] Ticketmaster writer Jessica Bridgeman called the song "a standout track" from the EP, praising its "breathtaking" performance in a review of the band's live show at the Camden Underworld in March 2016.
Rock Sound writer David McLaughlin claimed that the reworked track is "somehow capable of crushing hearts once more with its desolate, devastating melancholy",[12] while Jessica Goodman of The Line of Best Fit praised it for being "still as stirring as the first time we heard it on ...
[13] Metal Hammer critic Rob Barbour suggested that "the inclusion of the year-old "Misery" in lieu of another original composition is an odd choice", although admitted that "it would be churlish to pretend [it doesn't] make sense in the context of the album, or in any way ruin[s] its masterful pacing".