[6] Online retailer Bandcamp chose this among the best country music of September 2023, with Ben Salmon calling Cilker "a stunning songwriting talent".

[8] John Moore of Glide Magazine called this work "one of the most compelling albums of the genre so far this year" and "a near flawless exercise in songwriting".

[10] Writing for The Observer, Neil Spencer stating that "there's a strong streak of nostalgia in the songs" for Cilker's life in California and he rated the album 4 out of 5 stars.

[1] In an 8.8 out of 10 review from Matt Mitchell in Paste, this work is declared "a dashing and brilliant leap of Americana" that "sounds like [Cilker]'s got a century's worth of stories to tell";[2] editors of the magazine chose it as one of the best albums of September 2023.

[12] In Rolling Stone, Jonathan Bernstein called this album "a big leap forward" for Cilker while also being a continuation of the work done on Pohorylle.