City of No Reply is the first solo album from singer-songwriter Amber Coffman, the former guitarist and vocalist for the indie rock band Dirty Projectors.

Club, Erik Adams also notes echoes of Dirty Projectors style, but says, "More frequently, the compositions give off a sense of untethered exploration.

"[6] At NPR, Stephen Thompson described the album as "a love letter to the act of going solo, in life as in music," the songs "road maps to finding contentment and adventure as fearlessly as possible, even if it means coming to terms with solitude.

New York Magazine named single "All to Myself" one of the "Best New Songs of the Week"[12] and at Pitchfork, Marc Hogan reviewed the track as "a sumptuously melodic singalong for solitary souls everywhere...On a chorus as warm and life-affirming as an afternoon in the sun, Coffman sings of an inner voice, and demonstrates how to release it.

"[14] In Stereogum, James Rettig described "Nobody Knows" as "a starry and shuffling number that shows off Coffman’s impeccably controlled range and ends in a surprisingly clanky breakdown.