Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.9/10) |
The EP received mixed reviews in various publications. Stephen Deusner of Pitchfork Media liked the title track, commenting that the formula used that made the previous double album I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning/Digital Ash in a Digital Urn so popular worked even better. He continued by saying that "not many other singers today - maybe Win Butler, could get away with so many mentions of both the Whore of Babylon and the Great Satan in one song", and that ""Four Winds" is the rare protest song that actually tries to present an epic vision of America and succeeds". However, Deusner lamented the remaining tracks "pulling it in different directions, but nothing else hits the mark so squarely-- or really at all.", and the progressive "shaky" songwriting and general scope. Overall, he rated the release 5.9/10.
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