"The folk star is back with a set of erudite but instantly relatable musings on femininity, art and relationships ... It's a rare aspect of Semper Femina that feels obscure. The album ends with the sound of Marling apparently putting down her guitar and walking away from the microphone, out of the studio and into a garden, complete with birdsong in the background: there's something punchy and confident about it, and something punchy and confident about Semper Femina as a whole, an album that's as big on telling details as it is on big ideas".