The Declaration of Musical Independence

"[2] In a review for DownBeat, Frank Alkyer called the album "an unabashed exploration into time, pulse, space and atmosphere," and commented: "the... music is ambitious yet simple, rich yet stripped–down, challenging yet infinitely satisfying.

"[4] Writing for The Wall Street Journal, Larry Blumenfeld praised the group, stating: "There's no ready template for this quartet, although perhaps a certain logic: Messrs. Frisell and Teitelbaum are among the most distinctive and musical players working with plugged-in instruments and processed sounds, each crafting a signature that seems at once otherworldly and personal.

"[10] Cormac Larkin, writing for The Irish Times, awarded the album 5 stars, stated: "there is purpose and intent in the group's floaty, attenuated improvisations, but the loose, irregular rhythms are buoyed along and buffeted by deeper, less discernible currents, carried up from the music's ocean depths.

"[6] In a review at Sound of Surprise, Matt Phillips wrote: "Sometimes gentle but never cloying or sentimental, this is rich, ego-less music, a much-needed antidote to the desperate 'listen to me, listen to me!'

"[11] Nick Lea, writing for Jazz Views, remarked: "The playing from Andrew Cyrille is a delight throughout, and is often the most straight talking whether providing a steady rhythmic support for the formal compositions or guiding the quartet through the electronic jungle of the free improvisations, with both age and experience shining through.