Girls' consistent evolution marked by pristine production and a deft balance of hooks and soul-baring beauty, with Remy pulling off the feat of intertwining some of her most emotionally complex material with what might be her most accessible sounds yet".

[2] Record Collector noted that the album is "pitched somewhere between personal responsibility and political accountability, Remy's return is rapturous pop music with a vision of better futures in mind.

[10] Luke Winstanley of Clash opined that Bless This Mess is "at once a joyous, celebratory ode to motherhood, elsewhere finding quiet liberation and acceptance during life's darkest moments" and concluded that "Meg Remy has delivered her most hopeful album yet".

wrote that Bless This Mess "feels like a rebirth; a boundless, alien take on Remy's explosive art-pop, its conceptual wildness and sonic friskiness allowing her to flex her vision and sense of humour in brand new ways".

[1] John Amen of The Line of Best Fit stated that the album "shows Remy pulling off another intriguing reinvention" as "a sense of uncomplicated buoyancy oozes from the tracks" and they are "more slickly produced, built around retro and upbeat sounds".