With the release of This Is How Tomorrow Moves at age 24, critics started calling it her first "adult" album.

[4] It is primarily an indie rock record which incorporates dream pop and indie-pop heavily influenced by the early 2000s.

"[30] Writing for The Skinny, Oscar Lund wrote that the album was "sentimental", "emotive", and "infectiously catchy" but also "a little too safe, [...] generic, and reserved.

"[27] Reviewing for Slant Magazine, Jeremy Winograd wrote that the album's hooks "practically creep up on you before they burrow their way into your brain.

"[26] Writing for The Observer Kitty Empire described the album as "well-produced, beautifully played, elegantly arranged.