Released by Thrill Jockey on September 21, 2018, two years after her previous solo album Eve, Fighting Season was recorded in late 2017 to early 2018 at Kimchee Studios, in Cambridge, MA.

[15] The title of the album comes from "a term originally coined for the period of time in Afghanistan when winter comes to an end and fighting in the region would resume.

"[16] Zedek's reinterprets it as connecting it to the theme of "resistance, on a time to fight for oneself or to protest the deteriorating political landscape.

"[21] Bekki Bemrose's four-star review for musicOMH praised the album's production, claiming its "beautifully warm and naturalistic [aesthetic] brings these inherently intimate songs closer still."

"[22] Justin Cober-Lake, writing for Spectrum Culture, praised the album, stating that "guitar fills much of the disc with open, controlled lines that remain shadowy despite the spaces.

"[23] In her review for Dusted Magazine, Jennifer Kelly, asserts that "[t]here's something grand and strong and provocative about the march of her songs, yet also a nod to entropy and futility in the way they fall apart.