The band initially planned to use the name Unrequited Hard-On before ultimately settling on Pissed Jeans.

[4] As Matt Korvette explains, The idea was to start a different kinda punk band focused on dead ended carnal cravings, sexual depression...that sort of thing.

[5] The New York Times wrote that the band was "bring(ing) back '80s memories of hard, slovenly noise, when punk bands realized they could slow down and let their music fall apart a bit"; however, the article also observed the "aggressive, nasty" reaction of attendees at a 2008 show, who evidently were unprepared for Pissed Jeans sonics.

Average hipsters started to look like sailors clinging to a mast in a storm," The New York Times reported.

AllMusic noted that "Fortunately, when the world has you feeling trapped, Pissed Jeans are there to help you rage out for a bit while you find some perspective.