"Recorded at Rockfield studios, also birthplace of the Charlatans' 1997 platinum album Tellin' Stories, with collaborators including Grumbling Fur, Nik Colk Void and Thighpaulsandra, I Love the New Sky is neck-deep in nerdery, from the nod to the Cure's Boys Don't Cry in the opening jangles of Empathy for the Devil to Comme D'Habitude's for-the-heads reference to the song that became My Way. But it wears its learning lightly, driven by hooky melodies and strong choruses ...".