Stuart Kremsky (IAJRC Journal) wrote "… a set of Evans' ultra-modern compositions … three short pieces flank the hour-plus of Ellipsis [1] in the well-matched quartet's fully-realized and impressive release." Opprobrium wrote "Hard to react with anything but amazement to such a weathered, classic sounding session done by a 24 year old" but felt that it was "basically a laboured test of endurance." John Murph (JazzTimes) wrote that Brandon's "… daring sense of improvisation, compositional wit and technical agility belies his tender age.