[3] Talking about Chisholm in an interview with New Noise Magazine, band vocalist/lyricist Cara Drolshagen claimed "he’s a genius who understands the math behind the music, and the opportunity to reconfigure its numbers in new ways, to find different solutions."

[9] Amongst the positive reviews, AllMusic's James Christopher Monger said "Ultrapop sees the anonymous and anachronistic Detroit-based collective deliver a dizzying 12-song set that pairs glitchy and discordant soundscapes and adenoid-tearing vocals with melodies that run the gamut from apocalyptic to downright majestic.

The band's myth and the unity behind it is something that comes out in the spirit and strength of their music, where every part is as important as the other in order to experience the big picture and its full force.

"[4] In Paste, Ben Salmon felt that "What’s most impressive about ULTRAPOP is not necessarily the killer riffs, the pummeling rhythms or the plentiful melodies, though all of those are consistently thrilling.

"[14] Writing for Pitchfork, Evan Minkser claimed that the album "doesn’t hurt that their newfound transparency makes the music feel refreshingly human and relatable.

"[15] In a slightly more reserved opinion of the album, Tim Sentz at Beats Per Minute wrote that "This music is fast and hard, but there are fewer risks than it might at first seem.

But the sheer tunefulness in the songs beneath it all is actually incredibly heartwarming, and something that deserves as much attention from the adventurous indie listener as it currently gets from the rock and metal gatekeeping elite.