“Their tunes are tuneful but covered with a sticky feedback, as if Bishop Allen got into a fight with My Bloody Valentine.”
 -QuietColor

“Darlings are stepping into their name and becoming something of an It band. Why? It must be the group’s short, catchy and ultra-listenable guitar jams with just-out-of-college subjects like girls, getting evicted, partying and TV.”
-Time Out New York

“Pure, consummate pop songs, plain and simple.”
-The Catbirdseat

“Earnest songs, whose upbeat pleasantness is an ode to 60’s pop mixed with a satisfying amount of dirty guitars and snappy melodies…they hit perilously poppy peaks before slashing them apart with rough shouts and unpolished instrumentation.”
-DistortDistort

“Darlings' debut is chock-a-block with stick-in-your-head songs.”
-BrooklynVegan

“Simply amazing, perfect little bits of pop shrouded in the idea of being pop-punk stompers. They don't try to hide it under lo-fi aesthetics, no this band just goes out and plays their cute little songs the best they can…This band is gonna get big quick, like seriously fast.”
-Pop Tarts Suck Toasted

“Darlings immediately give off a feeling of boundless energy and good vibes when they pour out the stereo. The Brooklyn foursome have a real home-made, 'my bedroom is my studio' sort of feel to their music which only adds to their endearing attractiveness. Their pop music can be sugary at times but they aren't afraid to get their indie on and rock out when it feels right.”
-Eclectic Eavesdroppings

“The tightness of their compositions and the wit of their lyrics—which are alternately, and often at once, ramshackle and acute, diffident and nostalgic—mark them as something new and fun, the kind of band you can fall in love with.”
-Art+Culture

 “You hear lots of rough guitars, some screaming and intense drumming. They remind me of those early to mid-90s that decided to stop rip-offing They Might Be Giants and instead adopted a more Pavement sound.”
-Music Snobbery

“Darlings set themselves apart with twisting song structures and some tasteful female harmony vocals and keyboard counter-lines that peaked out over the energetic rhythm section.”
-Earfarm

“This is music you can sink your teeth into.”
-Stark Magazine

“This is a group of spazzy, dirty, almost-melodic rockers…There’s something impetuous, something crass and youtful, that just makes me want to smile.”
-Sound on the Sound

“Sloppy, a bit noisy, but very melodic. These guys sound like they are having a good time keeping it loose and not taking things too seriously. Very addictive music.”
-GCN

“The 10-track effort features frenzied New York noise in the background as California rock melodies tantalize. The sound is rough around the edges, frayed but hardly worn-out.”
-Consequence of Sound

“’Teenage Girl’ by Darlings sounds like if Jens Lekman fronted The Modern Lovers…Immediately, from the jangly two-chord swing intro and verses, the song seems as if it’s existed forever, buried in the shelves of a college radio station from the early 80s.”
-Better Propaganda

“Infinitely enjoyable.”
-Crawdaddy

“Wonderfully slouchy.”
-RCRD LBL

“There were shrieks, there were lovely pop melodies, there were hooks, there were squalls of noise, there was pretty much everything you could want out of a band at some point or another during the set.”
-Radio Flyer Review

“The quartet just jumped out of a time machine, carrying nothing but their instruments and a timeless formula for fun rock and roll. Their songs are short, upbeat romps through innocent fields ripe with parties, girls and beer. They are reminiscent of a lot of bands, a mash up of 60s fuzz-rock, some lost indie rockers circa 1986, and a hint of newer groups like the Strokes and their ilk.”
-Stop Play Rewind

“Short bursts of indie rock are accompanied by catchy choruses to make a marvelous racket. Songs like "Eviction Party" and the clockwork "Gorilla" are better garage rock than anything the Strokes have given us on their last two albums.”
-Snobs Music

“The album is full of fun, gritty songs that are full of energy. They have a keen sense of melody that shines throughout the album.”
-We All Want Someone

“Darlings are pretty great. They're one of those "New York buzz bands," and I'd say they deserve it. Yeah I Know is like 10 New York moments wrapped up in jangly guitars…an all-around good time”
-Sugar Sours

“You have to concede that the results of this cross-decade experiment are more than promising. Who hasn't thought to themselves, "Well, this modern garage stuff is okay and all, but just once, just once, I want one of these bands to embrace their inner Barlow and shred like they're in Sebadoh." Hell, I'll say it. This one's a blast.”
-I Rock Cleveland

“Positively delightful.”
-Dying For It

“This is without a doubt THE garage pop album of the summer.”
-FensePost