[2] In an interview later that month, Knost told OC Weekly that he and the other members of Japanese Motors had mutually agreed to put the band on hiatus.
For example, Mikael Wood described the band as "a West Coast beach-bum version of the Strokes" and quipped that the album was "[a] good time, if not a terribly memorable one.
[6] In a two-star review of the album for Slant, Steven Rybicki wrote that Japanese Motors "wanders off into surf rock while dosed on the Strokes to varying degrees of success."
Rybicki's review also stated that "[e]ven though they only offer indulgent pseudo-hip detachment here, Japanese Motors may mature and refine their ability to create a cozy atmosphere.
"[7] Moerder's Pitchfork review of the Japanese Motors album gave it a 3.8 out of 10, concluding, "The debut's boring, not awful, but until the band stops sounding like they have a hundred cooler things to do than be in a studio, it's hard to imagine them as anything more than surf muzak.