[11] The Advocate deemed the album "an unfunny caricature of Woodstock-era folk music at its most amateurish," writing that "once again, as with k.d.

"[15] The Chicago Tribune concluded that "these two obnoxious, petulant, fluorescent-haired young women have turned whining into an art form.

"[17] The Indianapolis Star praised the "fresh voices carrying twentysomething poetry with all its youthful certainty tempered by questions.

"[13] The Washington Post labeled the album "blandly sweet," writing that "a spoonful of sugar is fine, but too much honey can yield a concoction as cloying as The Murmurs.

"[18] AllMusic called The Murmurs "an album full of lovely, literate, acoustic-based alt pop.