Upon its release on 24 June 2015, Blood to Bone received positive reviews and was Wigmore's third straight chart-topper at the Official New Zealand Music Chart.

Wigmore stated the lyrics on the album are a reflection on what happened to her in the two years since predecessor Gravel & Wine, detailing that she only started production after she gathered "some life experience" and created songs in a process that "was a bit like therapy."

[2][3] The biggest catalyst for her life changes was the aftermath of the Vans Warped Tour in 2013, where upon returning to Australia she broke up with her fiancé, and afterwards moved to Los Angeles to start a relationship with letlive.

"[4] The instrumentation took a different approach from the previous two albums, as Wigmore "worked with people from all walks of musical life - dance, electronic and hip hop".

"Live However" illustrates how Wigmore and Butler steal a bag of cash, and "Die Regardless" features their fate at the hands of a crooked cop.

"[11] Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded it 3/5 stars, saying that amidst "the slow, churning moodiness of Blood to Bone" the album was "made interesting by [Wigmore's] pop instincts".

"Third album Blood to Bone bottles the messiness and raw emotion of that period on 10 bloodletting tracks that deal exclusively with broken hearts and searching for calm amid chaos.

A sense of uncertainty permeates the album as though a bridge is being built towards parts unknown, but it's anchored by Wigmore's striking voice, here veering between sweetly tender and hitting with the force of a blunt instrument."