Club reviewer David Anthony stated that the album "doesn't break down the walls of metal, instead it expands its confines, allowing Deafheaven to include subgenres that rarely mix while injecting more outside references."

"[14] Allmusic critic Paul Simpson described the album as "a powerful, enrapturing experience", writing: "New Bermuda finds Deafheaven continuing to effortlessly traverse genre borders and create transcendent music.

Hughes further added: "On New Bermuda, Deafheaven's myriad ideas are expertly, logically organized across five tracks.

"[16] The Guardian critic Lanre Bakare thought: "While claims they've got a "pop-like accessibility" feel overstated, those who like the loud bits of Mogwai and the more melodic moments of Dillinger Escape Plan will have found the metal band for them.

"[21] Uncut wrote: "offers a tumultuous post metal that on passages of "Baby Blue" and "Brought To The Water," remind one more of the ethereal wandering of shoegaze.