Bain created the album with the help of Matty Healy and George Daniel from the 1975, Katie Gavin of Muna and Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, amongst others.

[7] Adele Julia of Gigwise described the album as "a candid portrait of navigating the romantic world" and felt that "one of the record's greatest strengths is its unabashed discussions surrounding queerness and sexuality".

Julia concluded that it is "so rare to find pop music [...] that holds honesty at its core despite the potential for rejection, creating an album that feels immediately resonant".

[8] The Skinny's Katie Cutforth remarked that the album has "a summery ambience, songs about emotional distance, and [Bain's] unmistakable voice", with her approach seeming as if "it's been flipped, with vocal hooks taking a backseat to highly textured folktronica instrumentation and a more impressionistic rendering of desire".

[10] Eric Mason of Slant Magazine called the album "heartfelt and fun in equal measure, flitting between moods and styles", although "with all this exploration, the record lacks a little impact, not quite achieving the cohesion and emotional gravity of Good at Falling".