Mark Richardson of
Pitchfork gave the album a positive review, writing that "Each piece of the 80-minute compilation has its own unique identity, yet together it feels like the work of one mind." Witz commended the track's use of
audio samples of romantic partners in a
home video as "a haunting ceremony", and wrote that, "
mono no aware is painful, but only if you see the past and present as disconnected worlds. By fusing decayed recordings with modern ambience, "Limerence" transforms death from a negative experience into a universal bond of empathy." contributor Maya-Roisin Slater wrote: "A galvanising statement for the new generation who swept electronic music in the late '10s,
Mono No Aware eerily predicted so many trends that grip our scene today. Take Malibu's baroque slowcore; Oli XL and Flora Yin-Wong's crackling sound design; james K's warped downtempo; or Yves Tumor's gentle arpeggios. The 2017 compilation, expertly curated by PAN boss Bill Kouligas, felt like a premonition for a future in which
Reels and
TikTok audio spill out from every passing phone, creating a wall of uneasy yet intriguing
background noise." ==Track listing==