The album features Adrian Utley from Portishead and Martyn P. Casey from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds.

At the same time she released a single, "Don't Beat the Girl Out of My Boy", and announced a European tour in support.

[5][6][7] Calvi enlisted director Matt Lambert to produce the video for title track "Hunter".

[10] At The Guardian, critic Michael Hann praised Hunter as "glorious and triumphant" and "a record that succeeds on any terms you try to force upon it".

[13] Cameron Cook of Pitchfork noted Calvi's "remarkable evolution" and found that she "pushes her artistry to another level".