The album experiments with the genres of post-punk, new wave and synth-pop, and explores themes of sexual liberation, despair and desperation.

It received generally favourable reviews upon release, with critics praising the unpredictability of the album and complimenting its experimentation and roots in post-punk.

[1] In an interview with Matt Mitchell of Paste before the release of The 8th Cumming, guitarist Veronika Vilim said in relation to joining the label, "There's this message that we're trying to put out to people, and the problem with it—with being objectified—is that we’re being told that we can't, or that we're not good enough, or whatever fuels the fire.

[4] New Noise Magazine's Stefanie Sanchez described the track as "If Siouxsie and the Banshees, Berlin, Bjork, and Nine Inch Nails had a baby, this would be it.

[9] DIY's Lisa Wright noted the album's roots in "the shadier, the more electronic underbelly of the '80s", comparing it to the works of Siouxsie Sioux, The Cure and Kraftwerk and describing it as "the painful sound of the real female experience".

[11] Elle Palmer of Far Out expressed that The 8th Cumming felt like an album that only Cumgirl8 could have made, noting its unpredictability and themes of desperation and despair in relation to the world and dating.