Jason Lader and Mike Mogis (the latter of Bright Eyes and Monsters of Folk) served as producers.

[16] To celebrate the release, Casablancas played a special series of shows every Friday night in November in Los Angeles.

"[19] Pitchfork accused Casablancas of making "the classic rookie solo mistake of stuffing his songs with everything in the studio," while praising the "endearing silliness" of '11th Dimension' and the "gorgeous electro ballad" 'Glass.'

They continued: "at this rate, this one-time wunderkind risks becoming little more than an emblem of the past if he can't figure out how to harness the present once again.

"[20] Alexis Petridis writing in The Guardian was broadly positive about the record saying that when Casablancas "concentrates on making pop music...Phrazes for the Young is a blast.