- "Their latest single, "Only Human", layers 80s style synth-pop and vintage drum machines with soaring melodies that pulse and swirl with lush echoes. The whole track is driven by an insanely danceable pulsating synth bass." ---Trend & Chaos
- "[T]here are glimpses of raw emotionality, such as the despairing call, ‘Is someone coming back for me?’ in ‘Sparrow & the Sea’, that bring thought-provoking substance to their electronic groove... NRVS LVRS is an oddity, but an oddity that has created a fascinating, indefinable sound." ---SF Weekly
- "“A blissfully frothy offering on its surface, its origins are from a heartfelt if not heartbreaking experience, drawing influence from the pain of being separated from someone you care about.”" ---Variance Magazine
- "It’s a fascinating and unrelenting contradiction that’s present throughout the entire record. Happily, carelessly dancing and swaying to the songs as you’re being invited to contemplate the crushing horror of trauma, heartbreak, isolation and loss." ---Jason Myers, Exit Here Media
- "Landing somewhere between Tears for Fears and My Bloody Valentine, NRVS LVRS have taken the particular days when your responsibility-free teenage years begin to creep into existential crisis and turned them into magic." ---Noisey
- "[W]ith a controlled, digital burn, the San Francisco duo open a channel to the dark corners of consciousness." ---All Things Go