It was released on the label 3024 in 2014 to a positive critical reception, ending up on numerous year-end lists in publications including Fact, Gorilla vs. Bear, NPR Music, Pitchfork Media, XLR8R and The Washington Post.

He also hoped that listeners would not view the main idea of the record as "a by-product of something that’s recently come about again" or about "oh, cassettes are cool again," people lazily branding it a hipster thing.

[1] "Be Brave, Clench Fists" has muted strings, dub-like synths and restrained percussion in its instrumentation, and Resident Advisor's Stephen Worthy found it similar to Pépé Bradock's song "Deep Burnt".

"[4] Felicity Martin of Clash wrote that, "If this is what being uninvited is like, we’re totally cool with missing the party",[5] while Chris Richards said in his review for The Washington Post that it "couldn’t be much more of a delight.

"[7] It was also on Pitchfork Media's staff list of overlooked records of 2014, with Patric Fallon writing that "it's unlikely that you'll find a more tuneful and invigorating dancefloor album released this year.

When it was listed number three on XLR8R's best releases of that year, Chris Kokiousis opined that Vynehall bravely made an artistic statement with the record, which is what other producers have failed to do.