Reviewing the album for the Singapore edition of "Time Out", Chris Toh wrote that "A Far Cry From Here" "delves even deeper into experimental melodies and rhythms than the band's previous critically acclaimed albums". The "Today" review noted how "A Far Cry From Here" "revels in a sense of unease and is the most obvious sign yet of the band's move away from its past 'ambient candy' sound". Yeow Kai Chai of "The Straits Times" praised The Observatory for "delving deep and venturing into the unknown...This sense of unease, a constant calibration between heaviness and lightness, informs the way the music switches between jazzy delicacy and far-out phases of post-rock noiseniks. It's both the beauty and the beast... it's a ghostly, raw, sometimes intense soundscape with minimal overdubs to frighten off lazy lounge cats."