"Notorious Lightning", finds Bejar sing-speaking his way through a string of vague-yet-striking images, slowly building to a rousing, anthemic finale. Framed by fake tympani, strings, and snare drums, Bejar sings, "And someone's got to fall before someone goes free," his voice carrying an unrestrained, fist-clenched passion never before present in a Destroyer song. -
Matt LeMay writing for Pitchfork