Complex sentence: Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine compared "Early Winter" to the songs that Stefani wrote with No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal for the album, adding that the track sounded "less forced and much less self-conscious" than other songs.
Split into simpler sentences: Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine compared "Early Winter" to the songs that Stefani wrote with No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal for the album. It was also stated that the track sounded "less forced and much less self-conscious" than other songs.