Mutant (album)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.7/10[3]
Metacritic	81/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Consequence of Sound	B+[6]
Financial Times	[7]
The Guardian	[8]
NME	4/5[9]
The Observer	[10]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[11]
Resident Advisor	3.2/5[12]
Spin	8/10[13]
Vice	A−[14]

Mutant received widespread acclaim from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".[4]

Mark Richardson of Pitchfork gave the album a very positive review, stating, "Compared to Xen, Mutant feels less composed and less indebted to classical music. With many tracks on the former album you could squint a little bit and imagine them being performed by a daring new music ensemble, à la Aphex Twin with Alarm Will Sound. But Mutant leans toward soundscape, avoiding proper songs." Richardson concludes, "On Mutant, Ghersi turns a fixation on porousness and instability into a kind of spiritual pursuit."[11]

Writing for Exclaim!, Daryl Keating said Mutant "is an album that is eventually rewarding, but only to those who are determined to follow its scattered pathway to the satisfying, aggregate end."[15]

All tracks are written by Alejandra Ghersi.

• Songwriter/producer – Alejandra Ghersi
• Artwork – Jesse Kanda
• Mastered By – Matt Colton