A review from Speak Into My Good Eye calls the EP a "beautiful collection of songs [that] establishes Jackson Pines' warm, natural aesthetic with Makoviecki's voice echoing and honoring the great songwriters.

"[2] Billboard called their Lost & Found (EP) a "mash-up of James Taylor and Tom Petty -- with serious focus on acoustic guitar.

[6] In 2020, Jackson Pines released Half Light as a bedroom recording for the Co-Mission Compilation, which raised money for out of work touring musicians during the early pandemic.

It came out Summer 2021 and was premiered at the Sea Hear Now Festival in September, where they opened for Dr. Dog and Ani DiFranco one of the main stages.

In December, the new backing band of Cranston Dean and Max Carmichael would join them, along with James Herdman, to record Pine Barrens Volume One.