Reception
The album was listed among the best records of 2014 by Bruno Letort of France Musique. [4] A review at The Free Jazz Collective noted that the album marked a new step in Sylvian's exploration of the spoken word. [5]
A review at Tiny Mix Tapes called the music "an ultra-slow jazz" [2] while Steve Smith in the Boston Globe wrote that it "murmur[ed] in edgy assent". [6] Joe Muggs of the Arts Desk found, "It smells of coal and leather, it looks at you through heavy-lidded eyes, it drifts into companionable reveries, before doing scary things to make sure you're still listening." [7] A review by Phil Barnes at AllAboutJazz concluded, "Let's be clear, many are not going to be able to cope with a record with this much ambition, love of language and filmic improvisation. Reviews have been sharply divided between the ecstatic and the hatchet job -but for those prepared to listen this is an intriguing, emotionally unsettling, piece that will challenge, defying categorisation and analysis for many years to come." [8]
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