"[5] On January 29, 2019, Ritter announced that his tenth album, Fever Breaks would be released on April 26 via Pytheas.

[7] Rolling Stone, which rated the album three and a half stars out of five, said that, while the album "blazes no new emotional or musical ground," it "feels like a vital career summation, a survey course sampler in a word-swilling artist's narrative gifts and endearing empathy.

"[8] NPR, similarly, praised the way in which Ritter "tweaks and further reinvigorates a sound and songwriting approach that's lost none of its vitality or urgency in 20 years.

The Line of Best Fit said that Isbell and his band give "Ritter's material a whole lot of muscle and bite in places,"[13] while The Irish Times, giving the album three stars out of five, noted that Isbell contributed to "a tougher framework around this latest batch of Ritter's songs.

"[10] James Christopher Monger of Allmusic said that the 400 Unit provided "soaring harmonies and some truly emotive violin work," which added "considerable sonic heft to the proceedings.