▁work ▁out ▁for ▁the ▁relationship ▁in ▁this ▁song , ▁the ▁music ▁itself ▁br ist les ▁with ▁self - ass urance ." ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁mixed ▁assess ment , ▁Stephen ▁Thomas ▁Er le w ine ▁of ▁All Music ▁felt ▁that ▁in ▁their ▁attempt ▁to ▁break ▁away ▁from ▁their ▁v int age ▁folk ▁lean ings , ▁the ▁band ▁now ▁" se ems ▁inter change able ▁with ▁any ▁number ▁of ▁bland ly ▁attract ive ▁A AA ▁rock ers " ▁and ▁wrote ▁that ▁" the ▁odd ▁thing ▁about ▁W ilder ▁Mind ▁is ▁now ▁that ▁everybody ▁else ▁sounds ▁like ▁M um ford ▁& ▁S ons , ▁M um ford ▁& ▁S ons ▁decide ▁to ▁sound ▁like ▁everybody ▁else ." ▁While ▁not ing ▁that ▁" br ief ▁flash es ▁of ▁new found ▁power ▁and ▁s oph istic ation ▁hint ▁at ▁a ▁potentially ▁fruit ful ▁plug ged - in ▁future ▁for ▁M um ford ▁& ▁S ons ", ▁James ▁Rain is ▁of ▁Sl ant ▁Magazine ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁was ▁un remark able , ▁critic ising ▁its ▁" compos itional ▁predict ability " ▁and ▁" t ired ▁lyr ical ▁sent iments ". ▁P itch f ork s ▁Ma ud ▁De itch ▁called ▁W ilder ▁Mind ▁" a ▁' rock ' ▁record ▁in ▁the ▁least ▁interesting ▁sense ▁of ▁that ▁word — a ▁past iche ▁of ▁the ▁genre ' s ▁most ▁common ▁elements , ▁from ▁big ▁per cussion , ▁electric ▁gu it ars , ▁and ▁warm ▁synth s , ▁to ▁po ign ant ▁but ▁ultimately ▁surface - level ▁lyr