[9] Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Heather Phares described it as, "More of an experience than a set of songs, Shook's stunning, often harrowing journey of surviving and resisting is well worth taking.

"[10] Jon Pareles at The New York Times wrote that, "Algiers lashes out at injustice, exults in its sonic mastery and insists on the life forces of solidarity and physical impact.

"[5] At Pitchfork, Matthew Ismael Ruiz noted that, "the group sounds most natural at their darkest—the reverbed growl of guitars, the synths colored with dirt and grime...

"[13] The Daily Telegraph writer Andrew Perry concluded that, "for uninitiates, Shook's sensory onslaught may resemble Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet, updated for the post-Trump era.

"[11] Mojo's Stevie Chick determined that, "Shook's stories of struggle, pain and healing are painted in edgy electro, impassioned punk-soul, cloudbursts of jazz and rattlesnake trap pulses.