DownBeat critic Carlo Wolff describes the album as "contemporary chamber music of power and persuasion, that joins its musicians in a quest for serenity".

Jazz Journal critic Simon Adams stated "It's often dangerous to over-praise a set, but in its quiet, understated way, I would call this album faultless.

"[4] Jazzwise critic John Fordham states "Drifting may remind you of a dream, or an embrace, or a preoccupied woodland wander a lot more than a wild bop-blasting night in a jazz club, but that's what the unique Mette Henriette is all about.

"[2] The Guardian critic John Lewis describes it as "Beautifully recorded low-volume acoustic music located somewhere equidistant from jazz, folk and contemporary composition.

[6] Pitchfork critic Jane Bua described Drifting as "hushed, repetitive meditations unbounded by the pressures of time" and continued "There is a certain comfort to be found in the passive energy of the album, which subtly unfolds according to its own timekeeping.