No Hard Feelings explores Emily's past and the echoes of alienation that inform her present. Glide Magazine describes the record as "brimming with sharp and twangy guitar and vocals that bring to mind the likes of Lucinda Williams, Laura Cantrell, and Amy Rigby." This album is also the first time Emily has delved into her family life with "I Wish I Had a Father" and "Magazines." Things lighten up with a proper country drinking song, "Drink Tonight," and the lazy, booze-soaked rag "Harder/Easier.