"In his review for Drowned in Sound, Sam Moore praised the album's diversity, stating that "if you're looking for a thoroughly twenty-first-century record that'll challenge your preconceptions and bombard the senses, then "Dead" is something that's definitely worth your while" before offering the opinion that "it's a work that inescapably demands a response, a reaction.And that's a fine achievement for any debut album to rack up in this age of multimedia passivity."