 Ronnie Kerswell of Rock Sound said that the album " does not disappoint " , describing it as having " heady guitar trips and crunching grooves " . She found Weiland 's voice to be improved in part due to his sober lifestyle and wrote that the band was " back in action " . USA Today 's Jerry Schriver praised the band for releasing a " cohesive , self @-@ produced reunion album " , but admitted the tracks were not " timeless " . The songs were found to be " pleasant " but " disposable " and inoffensive . Schriver commended Dean DeLeo for keeping the " well @-@ constructed tunes " moving forward , despite Weiland 's lyrics . Allison Stewart , writing for The Washington Post , decided the album was a " small victory " and " respectable " but ultimately " a weirdly mild , tension @-@ free outing . " Like other critics , Stewart noticed the influences on the album , including country and " psych @-@ rock " , and thought the band was " better at mixing their influences in novel ways than at actually being novel themselves . " 
