Critics on Rate Your Music describe it as a "dazzling marriage of form and theme," praising its "thoughtful sugar rush" and creative use of digital vocal errors to give the song personality.
AllMusic notes that it shows the band developing a tighter, more "taut" sound compared to their debut.
Reviews from Fantasy-Hive call it a "vital and deeply troubling work" that investigates the human relationship with nature.
Some fans on Rate Your Music consider it a transitional record that lacks the "hooks and maturation" found in their later, more popular work like Let Me Come Over . Other Mentions Book review: Birdbrain, by Johanna Sinisalo | Simon Petrie