Cohen also praised Mannino's production, calling the work "a small, punchy rock record, a string of pearly, polished gems", but wrote that the album meets – rather than surpasses – its expectations.

[11] While he found the album to be less "explosive" than the band's earlier work, Cohen remarked that Life Till Bones is "an earnest take on mortality" and describes the effort as "one of the most celebrated songwriters of his scene making a filler-free record entirely about love and death".

[8] BrooklynVegan's Andrew Sacher mirrored Weinstein's comments on the power pop elements, describing it as musically distinct from the band's emo- and punk-laden debut album.

[10] In her review of the album for New Noise Magazine, Kirstie Rouse called Lilitri a "mastermind [who] has perfected the art of creating music that is consistently great".

[4] Writing for Spin, Ben Salmon wrote that Life Till Bones shows Lilitri in his best light: "Cranking out buzzy, hummable tunes that work their way into your brain and your heart in less than four minutes".