Like their previous album Sleeps Society (2021), it was produced by Carl Bown and Sean Long, the band's lead guitarist.

Clash's Luke Winstanley was positive towards the release stating, "Yet, much like the narrative arc that inspired the record, they've emerged on the other side, still breathing, utilising their pain and each member's very own personal hell to assemble the most confident effort of their career thus far.

considered the release to be "Staying true to their creative principles, Self Hell marks a band in the form of their lives.

"[11] Writing for Metal Hammer, Sam Coare calls the album "...a record and statement of our unstable, head-spinning times.

It's a levelling up of the Sleeps blueprint, and a work that will undoubtedly see them make similar strides in the live arena, where the album's scope of ambition will surely come further to life.