“The bubbling, spacey track certainly takes cues from both his natural and adopted homelands: the rhythm bubbles around the perimeter of a wide groove, and its structure and sophistication are the product of Scandinavian pop tradition. But the melding produces a few unexpected results, too, most notably in Almeida’s production work—the song’s texture, like rough paper, recalls Person Pitch–era Panda Bear, but where that album’s transatlanticism felt like it was clawing its way back from alienation, “Risen” has already undertaken the journey” – FLOOD Magazine