The album captures a live performance of songs from A Crow Looked at Me and Now Only recorded at the 2017 Le Guess Who?

[7] In a positive review, Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that the album "continues the evolution of these songs as layered expressions of grief, realization and love" and praised the live element writing that "Taking in each song as a discrete entity allows different moments to break listeners' hearts".

[4] Nathan Reese of Pitchfork stated that "the most striking thing about After is that, even after so many performances, these songs sound as raw as they did when Elverum first committed them to paper and tape".

[5] Adam Rothbarth of Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that "this album is great.

The guitar is heard clearly, and Elverum's voice comes through on top" and that "As a performance, it's impressive: Elverum switches between strumming chords and picking individual lines, and he does it all while effortlessly delivering his challenging lyrics and their imbalanced melodies.