"Just two years after Night Beds' intimate indie folk debut (...), Winston Yellen takes an unexpectedly sharp turn in style and production ... It's not outrageous to reference the previous year's LP1 by FKA Twigs in terms of far-reaching, exploratory production resulting in an artful and haunting alt-R&B/quasi-indie electronic record. Yellen's earthy falsetto keeps a toe in the Bon Iver realm here, as do a few of the tunes (such as the decidedly indie rock "Corner"), but the project as a whole is a liberal and audacious shift ... Acknowledging that Night Beds' strict chamber-folk fans are bound to be disappointed if not horrified, taken on its own Ivywild is sonically rich, adventurous, envelopingly wistful, and undeniably stunning".