Hot Press gave the record 4.5/5 stars, calling it "Intimate, Intelligent, Intoxicating...".

[7] RTÉ Radio was more critical and only gave the album 3/5 stars, but said "Not even a soon-to-expire walkman can take away from some of the moments on Hopkins' full length debut".

[8] The Sunday Times said "In its jauntier moments the album recalls Big Star or even Abbey Road-era Beatles, as well as evoking more predictable influences such as Bob Dylan and Jeff Buckley".

Both The Irish Times and Entertainment.ie gave it 4/5, with the latter lauding Hopkins by stating "we can see that behind the hype there was always a rock-solid talent" and the former calling it "both reassuringly familiar and consistently surprising".

[9][10] The Irish Times also called the title track single and b-sides "charming, folksy ditties that should appeal to Damien Rice and Nick Drake fans.