Not all critics were as receptive to "Too Dark Park". In a negative review for the "Calgary Herald", Mark Tremblay likened the band to an "environmental punk version of Hawkwind". Mitchell May of the "Chicago Tribune" awarded the album two out of four stars, saying that "not only do they apparently care very little about actually selling records, but they openly defy the listener to like them." Gigen Mammoser of "Vice" noted that "Too Dark Park" was "the rejection of a genre headed increasingly towards mainstream acceptance." Mammoser described the album as "frightening" and likened it to a mental disorder. Though he had mixed feelings towards the album, Mammoser admitted to "dusting it off" for a listen on certain occasions.