ol ence , ▁the ▁Edit ors ▁have ▁craft ed ▁a ▁big ▁pop ▁album ▁on ▁their ▁own ▁terms , ▁r ife ▁with ▁grand , ▁oper atic ▁gest ures ▁and ▁heat - se ek ing ▁hook s ▁that ▁cut ▁deep , ▁just ▁as ▁they ▁put ▁sal ve ▁on ▁your ▁w ounds ." ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁review ▁for ▁the ▁album ▁published ▁in ▁paper ▁by ▁Q , ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁awarded ▁ 4 ▁out ▁of ▁ 5 ▁stars ▁with ▁the ▁statement : ▁" The ▁results ▁ok ays ▁to ▁their ▁strength s . ▁... ▁There ' s ▁a ▁light ness ▁of ▁touch ▁here ▁lost ▁since ▁An ▁End ▁Has ▁a ▁Start ▁a ▁de cade ▁ago ." ▁ ▁Writing ▁for ▁D rown ed ▁in ▁Sound , ▁C ady ▁S ire gar ▁gave ▁the ▁album ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁ 7 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 , ▁the ▁same ▁score ▁Vi ol ence ''' s ▁prede cess or ▁In ▁Dream ▁received . ▁Over all ▁pra ising ▁the ▁new ▁direction ▁of ▁the ▁album , ▁the ▁review ▁reads : ▁" It ' s ▁clear ▁with ▁Vi ol ence ▁that ▁Edit ors ▁are ▁working ▁to ▁build ▁upon ▁their ▁new ▁sound ▁instead ▁of ▁re - in vent ing ▁and ▁re - produ cing , ▁and ▁though ▁their ▁efforts ▁of ▁combining ▁dark ▁ind ie ▁disco ▁pop ▁with ▁more ▁mor ose ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁guitar ▁undert ones , ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁ref res hing ▁new ▁direction ." ▁ ▁Andy ▁Bab er ▁of ▁music OM H , ▁award ing ▁the ▁album ▁with ▁a ▁ 7 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1