The album features contributions from Alison Mosshart of the Kills and Dead Weather, German musician Herbert Grönemeyer, The Big Pink member Robbie Furze and Japanese guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei.

Club thought that the album "foments no curiosity, just indifference—and for a band built on commanding attention for its politicized music, it’s a bitter pill to swallow.

"[13] Dan Owens of DIY wrote: "Far from snug or welcoming, the Gang’s overpoweringly thick-sounding ninth album is as refreshingly abstract as anything they’ve done before.

Gillian G. Gaar of Paste praised the album, noting that " the angular guitar attack and the relentless pounding of the drums is a clear indication that the fire still burns within.

"[18] By contrast, Rolling Stone critic Amy Rose Spiegel panned the album, writing: "In place of once-sharp radical jabs, we get empty alarmism.