Kilbey appears to have viewed Cummings' talent as being something potentially lighter than air and has loosened the performer's moorings.

This has enabled Cummings to drift upwards, into a world of soundscapes, transforming his approach to songs and singing and allowing him to finally shuck off the last discernible traces of his influences.

"[4] Jon Casimir from the Sydney Morning Herald said that "This is the best album Stephen Cummings has ever made.

Falling Swinger is a drifting, dreamy travelogue, a collection of carefully realised, intoxicating visions", adding that "Produced by The Church's Steve Kilbey, it displays a revitalised, refocused and realigned Cummings, bursting with creativity.

"[4] Toby Creswell from Juice magazine said that "the tunes range from raw confessions to cooked commercial pop ... sublime, Cummings at his best".