He rated it five stars out of ten and criticized them for "making the same record over and over again", though he stated "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" an exception. He called the song "a return to the formula of "Run", "Chasing Cars" and so on and so forth." He criticized the song further by saying that it sounded like "five young men caught in the headlights as Gary Lightbody sings about aching bones and cold skin over a clipped guitar riff, before everything explodes in an orgy of significance and strait-laced posturing.
He awarded it five stars out of ten and criticized them for "rehashing the same track repeatedly", although he noted "Set the Fire to the Third Bar" as an exception. He described the song as a return to their previous formula, comparing it unfavorably to other songs like "Run" and "Chasing Cars".