At
Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics,
Familial has a score of 66, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Andy Kellman of
AllMusic complimented the album's lyrics saying they "soothed rather than seethed" and wrote that "subtle, touching albums like this should be made more often". A mixed review from
Pitchfork described
Familial as a "modest, mannered record that prizes directness, simplicity and bittersweet sentiment above all, sometimes successfully, sometimes not". ==Track listing==