John Peel Sessions displays Clan of Xymox at its most raw, sounding more like the band did on Subsequent Pleasures than it did on the first album. Still benefiting from Anka Wolbert and Peter Nooten's contributions, Xymox sounds more driven and more like an actual band than on the lush John Fryer-produced 4ad albums. Wolbert's "Seventh Time" has more of a menacing thunk and Nooten's "After the Call" is so well-written it actually benefits from the scant production. Considering the absence of a live album from this era, John Peel Sessions presents Xymox as an actual band before being This Mortal Coil-ed into the heavens. ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide