AllMusic2020ByByMarcy Donelson2020"Taken together, What's New, Tomboy? is another moving collection of American snapshots from the troubadour, if likely less memorable than his higher-contrast outings".Read review
Pitchforkd. 12. May 2020ByByMadison Bloomd. 12. May 2020"Channeling stripped-back pop songs into hushed folk arrangements, the Seattle singer-songwriter's 15th album confronts life's impermanence in terms tender yet unsentimental".Read review
Popmattersd. 6. May 2020ByByThomas Brittd. 6. May 2020"What's New, Tomboy? isn't special because it is sparse. The album is special for how profoundly Jurado acknowledges what might be learned from the emptiness in this life, as well as from being still and waiting to be filled".Read review