[...]We thought the album was finished but with the crisis found new inspiration and started writing again.Described by Still Corners as a "desert noir", The Last Exit expands on their signature dream-pop, deeply atmospheric sound, and paints a picture of open-road Americana.

"[2] Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter was impressed with the detailed instrumental and production that made the record "stripped down yet sumptuous" and "reverberat[ed] with a sweet yet somewhat aloof feel that forms a slightly heightened pop structure.

"[7] Writing for DIY, Joe Goggins lauded the instrumental palette and Murray's vocals, and regarded it as the duo's "quietest album" as well as their "most thickly atmospheric" record till date.

"[1] In The Quietus, Will salmon acclaimed Murray's vocals and Hughes' production and wrote that the record "offers a sun-baked equivalent to the dewey, Pacific Northwest pop of Chromatics.

[12] Louder than War's Phil Newall said that "The Last Exit evokes abandoned dime store towns, mirage like shapes melting in the distance of dreamy Americana, and right now that escapism is just what we need.