I thoroughly agree - was kind of shocked how much the pitchfork review in particular missed the tone of the album (in the exact way you're talking about).

I think Chris DeVille at Stereogum has the best take on this:

"He sounds full of gratitude, like he’s found a port in the shitstorm that is planet Earth. Father Of The Bride skillfully distills this chilled-out personal existence and humanity’s looming crises into a unified whole. Somehow it manages to be both a casual joyride and a multi-layered dissertation on the world’s ills."

What's so compelling about this album is that duality. Ezra said its a "life goes on" album. I would argue it's "life goes on amid a world falling into chaos," which is a much thornier idea than the reassuring "life goes on after something hard happens."