austinchronicle.comd. 8. Apr. 2016ByByRaoul Hernandezd. 8. Apr. 2016"Lovers and Leavers pays off its predecessor's bar tab by shucking off all but the sonic essentials, not naked so much as modest. Quiet".Read review
AllMusic2016ByByThom Jurek2016"Carll presents these songs with open hands and heart; he made Lovers and Leavers to prove something to himself. With the canny assistance of Henry's sensitive production, the songwriter's vulnerability rises into open view and elevates his craft along with it. In Carll's world - and hopefully ours - love wins, no matter what".Read review
PopMattersd. 12. Apr. 2016ByByEric Rischd. 12. Apr. 2016"Personal and plain, Lovers and Leavers is music as catharsis well worth the wait, with Carll urging all to "Tell your truth however you choose / And do it all for the sake of the song." Spoken like a true poet".Read review