Amidst touring North America and Europe with Drain Gang, Bladee released the collaborative album Crest with Ecco2K during March 2022, to critical praise.

[13] Thejas Varma from The Michigan Daily thought the album "keeps up Bladee's consistent streak of electrifying twists on pop and hip-hop, building on previous works while incorporating new sounds".

[14] Paul Attard of Slant Magazine called it a "for-the-fans affair that might make even the most die-hard of Drainers re-consider their unfailing loyalty" and that "some of the compositions are so chaotic that they feel like they're about to come apart at the seams".

[17] Joyce wrote that "Spiderr works within a familiar palette of celestial synth arrangements and heavy-lidded, stream-of-consciousness emotion" and called it denser and more compelling than other releases by Drain Gang, "because it isn't purely euphoric; Bladee digs into the darker side of his existential meandering as well".

[17] It contains hi-hats, bass drops, "blocky audio textures", and Attard said it "sounds like it was filtered through a Super Nintendo console".

[13][17] The Fader's Raphael Helfand believed that "Blue Crush Angel" sees Bladee pausing from always trying to innovate and going back to his old ideas.

[21] Incorporating "gloomy" synthesizers that are reminiscent of Yung Lean and the Sadboys, its lyrics use "cryptic aphorisms" that were described by Helfand as "Easter eggs".

[21] Speaking about the track "Disaster Prelude", Fantano described it as having lo-fi production and thought that Bladee and Ecco2K's performances were not as lively as they were on Crest.

[9][12][17] Attard said it "sounds like a bunch of Bop Its being tossed down a flight of stairs", and that Bladee stutters during the opening lines, as if he recently woke up.

[13] Lyrically, the latter track sees Bladee praying to the "angel of artistic perfection", praising her, and asking for her blessing in his future work.

[13] Writing for Pitchfork, Joyce thought that the album sees Bladee reestablishing himself as a musician by sharing his spiritual ideas with his "devoted cult of followers".