In contrast, NMEs Sam Richards perceived Brown's songwriting as lacking in substance and panned the album's assorted musical elements, stating "unless you're hyped up on a cocktail of Sunny D and Haribo yourself, you'll find most of this album very annoying indeed" [REF].
Despite writing that "Brown is more conduit than innovator", The A.V. Clubs Genevieve Koski gave Travelling Like the Light a B- rating and wrote that she "capably wields the well-honed retro-pop sound" [REF].