Critical reception
&&&&& received critical acclaim from music critics. [9] Tiny Mix Tapes says the mixtape "has the potential to conjure an emotional frenzy that's alluring to the senses in a way that so much electronic artistry fails to even approach." [1] No Ripcord praised the mixtape for "its density,its intensity,its I'm-lost-in-a-big-city feel,its warm gust of beats blowing while the subway comes squeaking into the station,its darkness,its late-night ecstasy,its rawness,its rawness like raw milk,like drinking raw milk or eating sushi in an inexpensive restaurant somewhere on a street with trash and tweakers,its little motifs that twinkle like stars or Christmas lights,its muscular compactness." [8] In a review of the reissue, Pitchfork said that "there's something a bit melancholy about listening to &&&&& now—the feeling that instead of freeing us from the past,technology has left us stuck in a loop,endlessly refreshing in search of a better world that never arrives,but that we can still dream of in our art." [10]
The album was eventually sent to Icelandic musician Björk's management,leading to the two artists collaborating on her eighth studio album Vulnicura . [11]
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