Full of Hell's Dylan Walker added that there is a common "identity" that allowed them to meet where "it's lush and beautiful, but also sad and ugly".

While the man's identity has never been conclusively established, many believe he was a Windows on the World employee named Jonathan Briley, which led Nothing guitarist Domenic Palermo to discuss him during the album's writing process.

Thomas concluded that the album bears the "imprint of both bands" but sounds like "nothing from either back catalogue", citing the "overwhelming finale to an impressively varied team-up".

[5] Danielle Chelosky at Stereogum awarded the project the accolade "album of the week", saying that When No Birds Sang morphs "tragedy into devastating beauty".

[6] All tracks are written by David Bland, Domenic Palermo, Doyle Martin, Dylan Walker, Samuel DiGristine and Spencer Hazard