 Thomas H Green of "The Daily Telegraph" also gave the album four stars and said it was "string-laden and luscious but also delicate, wistful and melancholy".Josh Modell of "Spin" magazine said that on the album the Unthank sisters "sing gorgeously doleful tales inspired by (and frequently taken from) Old English history, rendered in crisp, warm recordings".David Bevan, reviewing the album for "Pitchfork", said of Rachel and Becky Unthank's voices