's Ryan McNutt described it as "Epcot Centre pop music: nostalgia for another generation's vision of the future" but remarked that it is "worth the ride" as "Lauber's got an impressive knack for rhythm that greatly benefits his slow-burning compositions".

[3] Ben Rosner of Paste called it "a winning debut record, filled with astute production, well-crafted lyrical content, enticing chords, beautiful melodies and sun-soaked choruses".

[6] Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Cameron Cook opined that it "sounds like an almost scientific approach to a summer dance record; a cocktail of disco, French touch, Ibiza house, yacht rock, and electropop that evokes some crowded Tiki-torch dancefloor lost on the Mediterranean coast".

[8] Andy Gill of The Independent found that the album has "a slick sonic design and retro flavour akin to Random Access Memories but rather than the 70s, he's gazing fondly back at the early rave era".

[4] John Bell of The Line of Best Fit wrote that tracks like "Fever" and "Closer", while a "pop anthem" and "dreamy end to the record" respectively, "lack something that the first tastes promised, and so pieced together it feels like the debut is not worth more than the sum of its parts".