[3] Tenille Townes is featured on "Nothin' Lasts Forever", and Shane's mother guests on the closing track, "Miles", which he wrote as a tribute to his father, inspired by his career as a truck driver.

[5] A country music record, Backslider draws additional inspiration from southern rock, R&B, and gospel genres.

[4] Topically, the album is described as "[weaving] between blessings and contradictions" and displaying "a messy honesty" inspired in equal parts by Shane's rebellious upbringing and his Christian faith.

[8] It became a number one hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart on the week dated October 23, 2021,[9] and was certified Platinum by the RIAA.

[12] Lee Zimmerman of Holler gave the album a 7.5/10 ranking, calling it "a tenacious debut that paints a vivid picture of life in rural America and the blue-collar attitudes that define so many of those that reside within those realms".