[4] Spin Magazine called the band's "borderline breakout"[5] debut album Summertown "r-o-c-k like they don't make anymore, in love with early Eagles and Bob Welch, in bed with Wilco but dreaming of the Replacements and Pure Prairie League and proud of it.
[3][4][7] At the time The Mayflies USA were, according to Pitchfork, "the new national buzz-band most likely to carry the torch" for Chapel Hill rock music, with a "sleek, soaring sound [that] almost seemed like a repudiation of their squalling predecessors.
[12] Guitarist Matt McMichaels went on to form Surrender Human with bassist Robert Sledge and drummer Tony Stiglitz, and was a core member in Chris Stamey's Big Star Third project with Mike Mills, Jody Stephens, and Mitch Easter.
Guitarist Matt Long moved to New York City and started The Library, a Brooklyn-based band that has released three albums, and has worked as production coordinator on projects for Keith Richards.
Bassist Adam Price has written two critically acclaimed novels, The Grand Tour (Doubleday, 2016) and The Hotel Neversink (Tin House Books, 2019).