ass ▁rest ▁of ▁us ." ▁The ▁Guard ians ▁Alex is ▁Pet rid is ▁referred ▁to ▁H ands ▁as ▁" a ▁surprising ly ▁modern - s ounding ▁record ▁from ▁an ▁artist ▁who ▁has ▁been ▁dep icted ▁as ▁in ▁thr all ▁to ▁a ▁k itsch ▁vision ▁of ▁ 8 0 s ▁pop ". ▁Ian ▁W ade ▁of ▁BBC ▁Music ▁pra ised ▁the ▁album ▁as ▁" a ▁solid ▁pop ▁debut , ▁the ▁sort ▁of ▁album ▁which ▁un ites ▁lo vers ▁of ▁pop , ▁young ▁and ▁old ", ▁and ▁compared ▁it ▁to ▁albums ▁by ▁Gold fra pp , ▁K yl ie ▁Min og ue ▁and ▁An nie . ▁Em ily ▁Mack ay ▁of ▁N ME ▁wrote ▁that ▁" L ittle ▁Bo ots ▁gives ▁us ▁an ▁insp iring ▁story ▁of ▁self - real isation " ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁album ▁" br illiant ". ▁ ▁Peter ▁Pap h ides ▁of ▁The ▁Times ▁named ▁" St uck ▁on ▁Re peat " ▁the ▁album ' s ▁" best ▁moment " ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁" ex quis ite ▁vulner ability ". ▁And r zej ▁L uk owski ▁of ▁D rown ed ▁in ▁Sound ▁remarked ▁that ▁" H esk eth ▁can ▁write ▁a ▁dam n ▁good ▁pop ▁song , ▁and ▁whether ▁that ' s ▁what ▁caused ▁the ▁initial ▁bu zz , ▁it ' s ▁something ▁hard ▁to ▁den y ▁when ▁presented ▁with ▁the ▁cold , ▁hard ▁proof ▁of ▁H ands ." ▁Marc ▁Hog an ▁of ▁P itch f ork ▁label led ▁H ands ▁as ▁" a ▁main stream ▁pop ▁effort ▁with ▁an ▁ind