"Listening to the album, I often was reminded of a record by another young songwriter, Julien Baker's fantastic Sprained Ankle. Sonically, they have no connection-Dacus is much louder, for one thing-yet I connect the two albums because the listening experiences reminded me of reading an engulfing book. I lived inside these little worlds and wondered about these characters. Once the whole thing was over, I thought, What's next?".