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What Separates Me from You Way", "Sticks & Bricks", and "It's Complicated". "What Separates Me from You" received generally favorable reviews. James Christopher Monger of Allmusic said, "[It] is whiney, petulant, immature, hopeless, and thoroughly addicting, as the ten songs contained within the gatefold packaging [...] are as immaculately crafted and engaging as they are blindingly self-absorbed." Brendan Manley from Alternative Press wrote, "The vitriolic delivery seems sincere, but even if you don’t buy into all of the personal/emotional factors underpinning "Separates" (smack-talking the smack-talkers/a recent, devastating breakup/assorted perils of touring), the album simply "kills"." However, Christine Caruana of Loud Online said, "[It] is very