"Chop Chop" was released on 28 June 2013 and premiered at a sell-out date at Dublin’s National Concert Hall the following night. It became the third Bell X1 LP to enter the Irish charts at No.1 and is among the best reviewed studio album releases in the band’s career, holding a 76/100 score on review aggregate site Metacritic. Writing in "Mojo", James McNair praised the record’s "zest and focus", while the "Independent on Sunday" deemed it "Funny, sad, perfect". "Q Magazine" gave the album three stars, conceding that "the more you ignore Bell X1, it seems, the better they get".