▁In ▁a ▁ra ve ▁review , ▁Andy ▁Gill ▁of ▁The ▁Independent ▁ha iled ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁" a ▁cause ▁for ▁celebr ation , ▁its ▁Z appa / Be ast ies - style ▁coll age ▁of ▁voices , ▁samples , ▁be ats , ▁sounds , ▁and ▁especially ▁laugh ter ▁offering ▁a ▁joy ous ▁aff irm ation ▁of ▁life ." ▁Jonathan ▁W ro ble ▁of ▁Sl ant ▁Magazine ▁wrote ▁that ▁its ▁" fog gy ▁sound ▁[...] ▁reve als ▁its ▁spl endor ▁and ▁shape ▁over ▁time ". ▁Brad ▁Sh oup ▁of ▁Sp in ▁noted ▁that ▁while ▁" the ▁terrain ▁is ▁familiar , ▁the ▁subjects ▁have ▁changed ," ▁and ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁" fe els ▁as ▁though ▁it ▁was ▁made ▁for ▁the ▁A val an ches ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁patient ▁public ." ▁P itch f ork ▁critic ▁Mark ▁Richard son ▁remarked ▁that ▁the ▁group ' s ▁work ▁" cont in ues ▁to ▁mine ▁a ▁de cept ively ▁narrow ▁emot ional ▁world — new ▁love , ▁child hood ▁play ful ness , ▁w ist ful ▁sad ness , ▁happy ▁feelings ▁of ▁connection — but ▁rend ers ▁it ▁better ▁than ▁just ▁about ▁any ▁music ▁ever ▁made ." ▁The ▁Guard ians ▁Tim ▁Jon ze ▁called ▁Wild flow er ▁" a ▁joy ous ▁journey " ▁and ▁concluded , ▁" It ' s ▁test ament ▁to ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁their ▁original ▁vision ▁that ▁it ▁all ▁still ▁sounds ▁so ▁fresh ." ▁ ▁Rol ling ▁St ones ▁Will ▁Herm es ▁called ▁Wild flow er ▁" a ▁welcome ▁return " ▁and ▁wrote ▁that