"This is music to cry to, to yearn to, to clasp your hands and pray to. To the faithful, Kayo Dot has been one of the greatest and most exciting contemporary progressive/experimental/avant-garde bands going and Toby Driver its band leader one of the most endlessly creative and thrilling. Moss Grew on the Swords and Plowshares Alike continues this legacy with grace and honor, another superlative record in the career of a musician whose career will one day go down as one of the very best. –TrebleZine
"Surreally gothic... [it] epitomizes why Kayo Dot remains a laudable one-of-a-kind project." –MetalInjection
"One of the best Kayo Dot records... a thoroughly amazing album." –Everything Is Noise
| Legacy: The Voice From the Dark Side (GERMANY) 15/15 |
| Retumba Music 10/10 (MEXICO) |
| Marunouchi Muzik Magazine 10/10 (JAPAN) |
| Metal Injection 8.5/10 |
| The Elite Extremophile 92/100 |
| Lambgoat 8/10 |
"Controlled, bold compositional framework driven by mysterious cogs… unlike any other." –The Quietus
"The best experimental rock band around." –HeavyBlog
"A greater vision of how music can evoke feelings both grandiose and devastatingly intimate." –Vice/Noisey
"...its barely effable resonance will linger for the days, weeks, and months to come, like some half-remembered dream we unwittingly act out in our waking lives." –TinyMixTapes
"This is carefully honed mayhem... absolutely nothing to compare it against." –Echoes and Dust