 The album was seen by many critics as a successful reinvention of the Bangles' early musical style – "a beautifully sustained salute to 1960s-inspired pop".Writing in "The New York Times", music critic Jon Caramanica remarked that much of the album feels "like mature takes on youthful ideas" and harkens back to the "Bangles" EP of 1982 and the band's earliest days.Similarly, Steve Pick of "Blurt" stated that "it sounds remarkably like what we might have expected a follow-up to "All Over the Place" to be".