Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age pasture of incidental tones and half-ripped photographs". "BBC Music Review" reviewed the album favorably, stating, ""Witch Cults of the Radio Age" is laced with enough wonder and intrigue to keep you coming back. It doesn't make perfect sense, but the sense of mystery is a key in itself". "Drowned in Sound" called the album "chaotic, overstimulating, like opening a dusty wardrobe and having an entire childhood tumble down on your head". "Pitchfork" critiqued the album as "predictable" and said that the collaboration between Broadcast and the Focus Group was like "trying to cast their spells at the same time: Some
How Am I Supposed to Kill You If You Have All the Guns? They were said to be displeased with the "electric shocks, digital distortion, blisteringly brutal lyrics and the screechy vocals" of vocalist MayKay. "How Am I Supposed to Kill When You've Got All the Guns?" was a critically acclaimed album in Ireland. "Lend Me Your Face" was played regularly on alternative radio shows and is viewed as an anthem at all their Irish shows. "Hot Press" described "How Am I Supposed to Kill You If You Have All the Guns?" as "a serious achievement" and "a kaleidoscope of different ideas that somehow manages to hang together and forge its own identity".