[4] The UK version of the album contains a twelfth track, titled "Sassafrass."

The album was recorded in a cabin to the west of Minneapolis.

[6] The Line of Best Fit called the album "a charming and soundly constructed set of songs.

"[7] City Pages called it "a disappointment for longstanding fans," writing that "the days of front-to-back high-caliber Mason Jennings albums may have passed.

"[8] PopMatters wrote that In the Ever "more closely resembles a melancholy collection of American folk songs while sticking to [Jennings's] familiar themes: religion’s ambiguity, politics, and love.