Adey commented "The album mutates to the point where you become a passenger; an observer – the more you get immersed in the recording process the less control you have over the duration and possible trajectory.

The Tower of Silence received critical acclaim including The Sunday Times 'Album of the Week' and Q magazine cited the album as "beautiful and grandly.

"[5] MusicOMH called the album "a meticulously crafted, sparse and funereally paced soundscape on which every note seems to have to earn its place; an eerie, sweeping soundtrack of grand orchestration.

"[6] Uncut gave the album 8/10; "Highlights are the wintery 'Just Wait Till I Get You Home' and a cover of Alasdair Roberts' maudlin ballad 'Farewell Sorrow', which Adey renders as a tremulous reply to Will Oldham's 'I See a Darkness.'

Stripped down to the barest of bones, the songwriters heartfelt paeans, delivered in his beautifully rich baritone, are up there with the best of Bill Callahan and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy.