Heaven Surrounds You

Abby Jones of Pitchfork enjoyed the record, giving it a 6.5 out of 10. They stated that "Disco" was the best track on the record, being reminiscent of Vampire Weekend's debut. Overall, they described the track as invoking "the allure of legendary couple dance scenes, the kind that make you want to fall in love with somebody just so you can replicate the choreography" Outside of that track, they believed that the closest the rest of the album got to matching "Disco" was the eight track "Safe", noting the whirling keyboard refrain worthy of a "climactic montage".^[1]

The tracks "Opera" and "Trust" were also noted by them, describing them as "baroque pop eeriness that compliments Rattigan's occultish references" as well as noting the involvement of violinist Eliza Pagg of Pavo Pavo. They stated that the album fell short whenever things got "too plain", calling tracks such as "Labyrinth" and "Dead Ringers" mostly forgettable due to the "dull melody" as well as "Midnight Cowboys" relying on a classic cinema reference to "conjure what Rattigan's uninspired lyricism can't". Overall, they stated that Heaven Surrounds You in its final moments "attempts to deliver profound awareness of mortality", furthermore, stating that "there's likely a far deeper implication behind the clichés—he just needs a more insightful script".^[1]

A track-for-track review of the record by Under the Rock of Medium was very positive, believing the record was the best thing the band had released yet.^[10] Mike Lesuer of Flood stated that the record, to spite being in a new location, still sounds like "the West Coast garage rock longingly written two hundred miles from the Pacific and illuminated by the neons of downtown Reno", furthermore, called the album both their most romantic record to date and their uneasiest, "capturing the sounds of Rubeck and Rattigan falling in love with—and recoiling from—the surreality of their new home."^[3]