Kaj Roth of "Melodic" wrote that "Straylight Run" "takes you on a trip over the clouds in the atmosphere" with the "dreamlike and emotional vocals perfectly packaged." "Exclaim!" writer Sam Sutherland called the album "a let down," criticizing the "glossy over-production" and "obscene amount of pitch correction." He described the demos as "raw and emotionally charged," while saying that the finished versions "reek of insincerity and technological tweaking." "LAS Magazine" Natalie B. David considered the tracks with Nolan on lead vocals to be the weakest on the album, while also saying that a number of the songs "would be severely lacking without her."