"Though his star shone brightest in the Clinton era, Dave Matthews doesn't seem too interested in indulging much Nineties nostalgia. His first album in six years features just a few of DMB's least-attractive jam-funk impulses ... Mostly, though, he explores the mature, singer-songwriter side he's developed during recent work like 2012's Away From the World, getting quiet, contemplative, and unusually sweet on songs both lush (...) and comparatively spare".