"As lovingly arranged and as beautifully recorded as the album is, there is still a feeling of having heard many of these styles before, especially on songs like the polyrhythmic "Crown the Pines," which could be an outtake from Sufjan Stevens' Greetings from Michigan album. Other comparisons to folk-pop heroes like Iron & Wine aren't out of place either, but Range of Light's unifying theme of the Sierra range is heartfelt".