[2] Five songs were released as singles with videos before the album was completed: "Lonely",[2] "Massacre, The New American Dream",[3] "Hang on to Yourself",[4] "Fucking with My Head",[5] and "Nervous Breakdown".

According to Kerrang!, the album shows that Palaye Royale "have successfully carved out their own niche of glitzy yet gritty rock'n'roll that dares you to deny them," but also noted that some songs with string sections and other enhancements sound "overwrought".

[13] New Noise describes the album as "Heavy, yes, but also tender, expressive, painful, and lovely all rolled into a bombastic presentation of emotion and musical perfection.

[9] Dead Press criticized a few songs for being uneven but concluded that the album "sees Palaye Royale take another step towards the perfect blend of experimentalism and commercialism.

"[14] Distorted Sound described the album favorably as "a modern twist of indie-pop/pop-rock that for the first time unearths the band's bold political takes with intrinsically punk values weaved throughout.