!, ▁D yl an ▁Bar n abe ▁pra ised ▁the ▁album , ▁stating ▁that ▁" at ▁the ▁heart ▁of ▁Nova ▁lies ▁Stein way ' s ▁raw ▁talent ▁for ▁musical ity ", ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁bound ▁to ▁reson ate ▁with ▁aud ien ces ▁world wide . ▁ ▁La uren ▁Martin ▁of ▁The ▁Guardian ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁seems ▁to ▁aim ▁for ▁what ▁American ▁journalist ▁John ▁Se ab ro ok ▁described ▁in ▁his ▁book ▁The ▁Song ▁Machine ▁as ▁" The ▁bl iss ▁point ▁– ▁where ▁rh ythm , ▁sound , ▁mel ody ▁and ▁harm ony ▁conver ge ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁single ▁ec static ▁moment ". ▁Martin ▁also ▁wrote ▁that ▁Nova ▁be ats ▁are ▁" dec ided ly ▁less ▁concerned ▁with ▁trap ", ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁likely ▁to ▁" br ing ▁te en age ▁ED M ▁fans ▁with ▁a ▁sweet ▁to oth ▁for ▁be ef ed - up ▁Top ▁ 4 0 ▁rap ▁b angers ▁together , ▁in ▁head - sh aking , ▁f ist - p ump ing ▁ec st asy ". ▁M ead ow ▁compared ▁Nova ▁to ▁Stein way ' s ▁previous ▁album ▁Void , ▁describing ▁the ▁difference ▁as ▁night ▁and ▁day , ▁and ▁stating ; ▁" V oid ▁carried ▁with ▁it ▁an ▁exceed ingly ▁dark ▁undert one , ▁exempl ified ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁bigger ▁tracks ▁like ▁' Core ' ▁and ▁' S cy lla '. ▁In ▁contrast , ▁Nova ▁is ▁a ▁br ighter , ▁pur er ▁expression ▁of ▁happiness ▁if ▁we ’ ve ▁ever ▁seen ▁one ". ▁M ead