"[13] Brisbane periodical mX identified the song as "a grimy road trip through voodoo blues, garage rock and even metal.

"[6] Spin magazine gave the work eight out of ten stars, and said that Mosshart and White "harness this icy alpha-dog tension into a distorted call-and-response aggression that's now greater than its parts, a rudely heavy swath of rock'n'roll authority.

"[11] Pitchfork rated Sea of Cowards at 7.8 (out of ten), noting that "it's a heavy, snarly, physical rock album, and it feels like the work of people so secure in their ass-kicking abilities that they don't have to sweat the details.

"[1] Blare magazine remarked that the album "combines the group’s sinister attitude with dreary funk and sex appeal.

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