 The album received an average score of 78/100 from 6 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".Paul Simpson of AllMusic described the album as "a bracing expression of visceral emotions that refuses to go the easiest, most comforting route, as well as the most focused Sumac album yet".Both Chrostopher R. Weingarten of "Rolling Stone" and Spyros Stasis of "PopMatters" wrote that "Love in Shadow" broke new ground, and "Pitchfork's" Grayson Haver Currin said that Sumac turned "from good to staggering" on the album.