 In a mixed review for The Observer , Kitty Empire wrote that Jamie xx " tear [ s ] up Russell 's soundbed entirely and showcase [ s ] his own emerging versatility " , but said that while his productions are " consistently excellent , they aren 't really there to augment Scott @-@ Heron 's words " . Andy Gill of The Independent commented that the remixing techniques " only occasionally work in its favour " . Louise Brailey of NME wrote that he " coaxes fresh narratives from the source material " and that it " isn ’ t exactly groundbreaking , but it showcases a producer so in love with the music of now that he not only preserves the power of his source material , but makes it more relevant " . In MSN Music , Christgau called the record " a young man 's bad dream about mortality , and of interest as such " , and wrote of the source material 's importance to Jamie xx 's remix , " the snatches of Scott @-@ Heron 's voice , cracked for sure but deeper than night nonetheless , delivers it from callow generalization and foregone conclusion . " August Brown of the Los Angeles Times felt that " the duo lends each other gravitas and levity on this very curious but ultimately immersive LP " . 
