▁More ▁Rain ▁is ▁Ward ' s ▁first ▁solo ▁album ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 2 ' s ▁A ▁W ast eland ▁Comp an ion , ▁having ▁released ▁Volume ▁Three ▁and ▁Class ics ▁with ▁Z oo ey ▁D esch anel ▁as ▁She ▁& ▁Him ▁in ▁the ▁inter im ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁recording ▁and ▁producing ▁other ▁artists . ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁Ward ▁began ▁working ▁on ▁More ▁Rain ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁initially ▁experiment ing ▁with ▁layer ing ▁his ▁own ▁vocals ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁do o - w op ▁record . ▁After ▁collabor ating ▁with ▁other ▁artists ▁on ▁the ▁record ▁like ▁Peter ▁Buck , ▁k . d . ▁lang , ▁and ▁N ek o ▁Case , ▁the ▁sound ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁went ▁in ▁a ▁different ▁direction , ▁described ▁as ▁“ true ▁got ta - st ay - indo ors , ▁ra iny - season ▁record ▁that ▁looks ▁up wards ▁through ▁the ▁weather ▁while ▁reflect ing ▁on ▁his ▁past .” ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁reception ▁▁ ▁More ▁Rain ▁received ▁a ▁weight ed ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 7 2 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 , ▁based ▁on ▁eleven ▁critical ▁reviews , ▁by ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁indicating ▁" gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ." ▁A ▁review ▁in ▁the ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁issue ▁of ▁Un cut ▁said , ▁" The ▁lack ▁of ▁ir onic ▁tw ists ▁is ▁both ▁slightly ▁un sett ling ▁and ▁h ug ely ▁ref res hing ," ▁and ▁David ▁Har vey ▁of ▁Record ▁Collect or ▁called