[2] In a 2006 interview, Vincent recalled of the project, "It was 'two girls, six-days, and a bag of weed the size of your head'... never mixed, just us two goofing around, playing through a Marshall stack, making up the songs on the spot as we went along, laying down the bass and drum parts to start.

"[8] On its release, Steve Baltin of Cash Box selected Vowel Movement as the magazine's indie "pick of the week" at the beginning of July 1995.

He stated, "Vowel Movement is spectacular in the almost psychic cohesion of Johnette's and Holly's playing, [and] the leave-in-the-mistakes intimacy and the bold, off-the-cuff songwriting.

[13] Frank Peebles of the Prince George Free Press drew comparisons to Pixies and early Smashing Pumpkins, with shades of Concrete Blonde and the Oblivious.

[18] James Muretich of the Calgary Herald wrote, "This is the sound of two women letting their hair down [and] the result is loose and definitely intriguing, a kind of raw come hither into the shadows of angry sensuality."

[11] Katherine Monk of The Vancouver Sun stated that "the two power femmes do manage to carve out some undeniable black magic with their complementary tones", but added "none of it holds a candle to their best work".

"[15] In a retrospective review, Ira Robbins of Trouser Press was critical of Vowel Movement, writing, "Sloppy and undeveloped, indulgent, haphazard and just flat-out noisy, the album occasionally happens onto terra firma, but too much of it flails along shapelessly.

"[19] Tom Demalon of AllMusic considered the album to be a "decidedly low-key and often lo-fi affair that finds the pair getting back somewhat to the duo's punk roots".