Hogan felt that they "tend to drag." Hogan called The River "fine and auspicious" but also opined it a downfall from the film the EP was inspired by in that the listener "can't hear the place" where it takes place like the film. A writer from Under the Radar concluded, "while The River lacks an immediate standout close to Continent's "Big Love," it still strikes an incredible aesthetic balance between Silver's love affair with 1980s keyboard music and his forward-thinking, restrained, and sparse electronica know-how." In a more mixed review, Danny Wadeson of The Line of Best Fit dismissed The River as "an oddly composed EP [...] that flirts with great ideas and a lush sound that aren’t quite unlocked fully until they find themselves in other hands than those of Silver’s." He criticized the EP for having remixes that "actually help to find the original tracks find what feels like a truer voice," feeling the original CFCF tracks lacked "engaging beats." The cover art for The River landed on a year-end list of the "Top 25 Album Covers of 2010" by Tiny Mix Tapes. Track listing All track lengths adapted from the iTunes Stores. References 2010 EPs EPs by Canadian artists CFCF (musician) albums New-age albums by Canadian artists Downtempo EPs Experimental music EPs Ambient EPs