"This feels a lot like Patti Smith here, in massive wordplay. The sorrows, loss, and rage are the same; and you have to admire the inner beauty coming to surface in serious ways; and more than that, applaud a young artist on a marvelous occasion for driving a dream to the fullest extent just for the flight of it." - Washington Review of Books "Tempest has an ability to write about big, metaphysical subjects in the most vernacular language." - Michiko Kakutani, New York Times "Capture[s] a yearning for something better that resonates in this early 21st-century political climate." - Publishers Weekly "Tempest is brilliant at painting pictures with words, drawing compelling characters that pull you into their lives." - Jay Gabler, "The Current", Minnesota Public Radio "Kae Tempest's skill as a wordsmith will continue to win [them] awards and critical praise, but it's [their] passion as a performer that can carry [them] to a larger audience . There are moments in musical history when you can practically feel culture forces coalescing around a voice and a talent on the cusp of a massive breakthrough . If [Tempest] continues operating at the stratospheric level on display these last few weeks, [they] should probably get used to it.

" - Forbes.com.