Exorcism of Youth

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	7/10[4]
The Irish Times	[5]
NME	[1]
The Scotsman	[6]

Mark Beaumont of NME wrote that while the first half "could easily slide into the playlist indie furrow" with "bare-chested heartbreak" and "choruses to shoulder-lift girlfriends to", "by its second half, the album is hoofing modern indie rock conventions overboard by the barrel-load", as "what at first resembled a cap-in-hand re-application to the indie rock fraternity ends as minor coup, restructuring its tired constitutions and pointing all manner of ways out of the rut".[1] The Scotsman's Fiona Shepherd called the album "fresh, youthful, almost gamine, with frontman Kyle Falconer flexing his pop muscles, co-singer/bassist Kieren Webster bringing the headlong energy and guitarist Pete Reilly joining the songwriting party for the first time".[6] Robin Murray of Clash stated that the band "build on the past while refusing to be hemmed in by it" as they "navigat[e] a forward path" on the album. Murray remarked that while "once indie darlings, the band now find themselves on the verge of becoming elder statesmen – it's a record that shows there is plenty of fire in their bellies".[4]

Lauren Murphy of The Irish Times felt that "as hummable and melodic as this toe-tappy indie-rock collection is – and as capable as The View are of writing a rousing chorus – there is a sense that this could be any band from the mid- to late-noughties indie scene", concluding that "their longevity has arguably been at the expense of progress".[5]