Jason Pettigrew, writing for Alternative Press, praised the album's multi-genre influence : " The major-label debut by Twenty One Pilots traipses across electropop, hip hop and classic pop music and that's just the first song . " In a more negative review, Rolling Stone's Dave DiMartino wrote : " The duo has somehow managed to take the most disagreeable and obnoxious aspects of the past decade's " rap-rock " legacy, throw in some of the most aggravating melodic aspects of Linkin Park and Blink-182, and put together a new album that will surely make you want to decry ever liking rock'n'roll at least three times before a cock crows ."
