[4] In a favorable review of the album, Paste magazine's Ryan Reed described the song "head-crushing" with a "sludgey, Sabbath-esque hammer-on riff.
"[5] Chris Schulz of the New Zealand Herald said that the song was passionate and energetic, playing to the band's strengths, and called it "slow-burning but blistering.
[7] In 2012, Bands of Skulls performed the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and the Late Show with David Letterman.
[8] A music video for "Sweet Sour" was released in early 2012.
Entirely in black and white, it features a boy, who kicks a boombox at the beginning of the video and is later shown dancing, lifting weights, and boxing in a blighted urban environment.