Rolling Stone (pp.146-150) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "Brock's dark psyche has never been more fun to stare into." Spin (p.103) - "[H]alf expansive, burnished radio-rock, half swampy Delta hoodoo-hollerin' that reeks of Brock's Southern sojourn....In Brock's cities made of ashes, his demons still glower where the homestead meets the highway." - Grade: A Spin (p.67) - Ranked #4 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "[They] kept their sense of rhythm without feigning the funk..." Entertainment Weekly (4/9/04, p.84) - "...[H]eralds an expansive new phase for the formerly scrawny Northwest combo." - Rating: B+ Q (p.p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 - "They're Seattle's best kept secret, but on the strength of this album they won't remain so for much longer." Magnet (p.66) - Ranked #2 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2004" - "Keeping life's demons at bay is what occupies Modest Mouse in its finest hour." CMJ (p.6) - "[H]ands down their best album yet....Their revered ill-tuned shrug-rock now does the eclectic boogaloo..." Mojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[M]oments of simple, exultant joy are plentiful..."