[7][8] Upon its release, The Angels of Light Sing 'Other People' received positive reviews from music critics.

[3] Mike Diver of Drowned in Sound gave the album a perfect 10 score and stated: " It is utterly engaging, totally absorbing and, well, absolutely essential."

He also described the album as "a record rich in honesty, in true human emotions and wishes and woes.

"[4] Sam Ubl of Pitchfork wrote: "Gira's songs have many one-of-a-kind nuances that tether the album even when it ventures," He also commented that "the album goes easy on the sexual anger, capitulating to a refreshingly mundane flavor of storytelling.

"[5] Mike Powell of Stylus Magazine stated: "Sing ‘Other People’ leaves behind much of the violence of Gira's approach but retains the same soul-plunging ambitions, both allying him effortlessly with the druggy expressivity that characterizes practitioners of newer psychedelic music and belatedly identifying him as an influence and antecedent.