Exclaim! called "Storms" "a brooding, seven-and-half minute
emo classic."
Willamette Week called
Mare Vitalis the band's "most essential album," writing that "[singer-guitarist Chris] Crisci and guitarist Aaron Pillar split the difference between their post-rock future and the driving punk that birthed the band." The
Chicago Reader thought that "on 'And Nothing Less' and 'Santa Maria' the Appleseed Cast find nirvana through repetition."
Vulture deemed it "oceanic
indie rock." ==Track listing==