The music review website Pitchfork gave the album a rating of 5.8 out of 10, describing it as "tasteful to a fault, joining gentle electronics with polite indie rock and vaguely wistful lyrics."[3]
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Battle Lines received "mixed or average reviews" based on a weighted average score of 53 out of 100 from 4 critic scores.[4]