charm as Psychic Chasms, the album proved that the project could be more than just a chillwave group. Fitzmaurice called it "a commitment to tighter, wide-reaching songcraft and appeal", also praising the "kitchen-sink arrangements" for still sounding "taut and defined". Wyeth said that Palomo made a fluid album with Era Extraña, something intended but not properly achieved on the project's last studio album. Hogwood called the album a "fascinating listen, borne of a man who clearly has an extremely active imagination". He praised the hooks, the witty and thoughtful lyrics, and the unpredictable harmonic structures, also noting that the album turns the building blocks of the tracks from the last album "into very appealing little morsels", aiding listeners with short attention spans. In Consequence of Sounds 4-star review, Mohammad Choudhery wrote that, while Psychic Chasms was "a shy and fragmented collection of songs", a product of the bedroom production era, Era Extraña is "a confident, all-inclusive album" that the public wouldn't be able to "fence into a single, silly-titled subgenre". NME critic Anne T. Donahue labeled the album as "a lesson in how to execute electronic music properly". In Mitchell's 79%-rated review, he called Era Extraña "electronic [music] in its purest form". He said that the flow of the album is not as smooth as Psychic Chasms, but that Palomo's influences are "in all the right places and it seems that [he] is wearing them proudly on his sleeve". Aizlewood found Era Extraña to be an intriguing yet unusual record, but disliked the lack of "obvious emotion", calling the album overall "easy to admire but hard to love". Tiny Mix Tapess Guy Frowny called it "an agreeable listening experience with moments of catchiness and beauty throughout, and hints of an evolutionary path that leave future expectations open-ended". Dolan saw the album as an improvement on Psychic Chasms and said it dunks "dreamy early-MTV haircutband balladry in layers of psychedelic schmutz, almost hiding excellent songs in the murk". Olly Parker, a reviewer for Loud and Quiet, also noted an improvement and praised the album's songcraft and interesting sound, but said it fell in the "meh" category and "can't get below the surface". Cooke opined that "it has a lot to offer around the edges, but is difficult to truly connect with at its core", reasoning that the album is not the best example of cutting-edge modern-day pop music, nor does it