The mystery still exists in the music as an aesthetic tool, but the songs cut harder because of the vocal mix, with more varied colors than my other records.

[19][20] In support of the album, Nadler went on tour, starting at Bowery Ballroom in New York City on September 9, 2011, and finishing at the Kuudes Linja club in Finland on October 16, 2011.

"[4] Jordan Cronk of Cokemachineglow wrote: In that sense the record's self-titled nature is a most accurate description: as a reconciliation of her most innate stylistic tendencies it's a beautiful realization of her skills as an arranger and songwriter.

Nadler subtly nudges at the contours of her melodies, stretching tracks across a more expansive backdrop than ever before, with strings, keys, vibraphone, slide guitar, cello, and light percussion coloring the mix with a rose-tinted atmosphere of longing and conflicted devotion.

[8] Writing for Paste, Stephen Deusner explained: "Nadler emerges with her strongest album yet, a beguiling distillation of her quirks and concerns that nevertheless reveals some new tricks.