"Thematically, Chasny's antennae remain tuned to matters both metaphysical and cosmic, covering concepts like panspermia and casting out lines like "I'd say the cosmos is in need of a friend." Frequently immersive and occasionally revelatory, Companion Rises feels utterly modernistic in its uneasy blend of earthy stability and distractive ambience, mirroring what for many is the normal mode of 21st century existence".