The album was released as a limited edition on Skunk Records and as of 2022[update] has not been reprinted.

Trouser Press, which gave the eponymous album by Eyes Adrift a favorable review, said that Volcano was even better.

They noted the "simple rough-in-the-studio mix", the reggae feel of Poutney's basslines, and the "high lonesome" feeling conjured by Kirkwood's "unfettered vocals".

They wrote: "Twisted Seeds" is a high point in Kirkwood's career – with its Jerry Garcia influence and overlapping verses, it's nothing you'd find on a Meat Puppets album.

"Arrow" features pseudo-pedal steel and Latin guitar with stylings that echo the era of Meat Puppets II.