"I’ll go out on a limb and say it: Rachel Hirsh is the rock vocalist of the year, so far, in my book, and this album should rightfully solidify IWTDI as one of the best bands most people have never heard of working anywhere today."

"On the whole, the record is an alluring example of just how infectious well-crafted, fast-paced pop-rock can be."

"The quintet take the best of synth pop, emo and prog rock and mold it into something that is entirely their own."

"The five-piece, power pop band has created 10 well-balanced, catchy tracks that elicit a deep and more ambitious sound than the usual power pop sensation."

"...it’s nice to hear a straightforward rock album that’s well-written and good the whole way through, without songs that feel like filler."

"If there is any gray in your day, IWTDI says, “You don’t have to feel like this,” and immediately the drabness is filled with vibrant color."

"Well-crafted ,infectious indie pop music, that calls to mind everyone from Frosting on the Beater-era Posies and It’s a Shame About Ray Lemonheads, the Chapel Hill band seem to be one of the few in their generation whose influences go back further than Blink 182 and Green Day."

“These rock-pop lovelies crank out unabashedly sunny melodies that remind us just what power indie pop can yield.”

“What makes IWTDI so palatable is that the band is as fond of the present as it is nostalgic for the recent past.”

“Thank you to all the members in I Was Totally Destroying It for helping me battle the doldrums of winter with your enjoyable debut album.”

“What separates this band from yet another North-Carolinian, Merge-Records-influenced pop smear, however, is its near-perfect use of triumphant choruses, dead-on harmonies, and strategic keyboard arrangements.”

“I Was Totally Destroying It drops a self- titled new album that is rockin', winsome and pretty all-around amazing at Carrboro's Cat's Cradle.”

“I Was Totally Destroying It takes powerpop rock and roll and lends it substance, credit and stability, never pandering to expectations grown from a corporate seed.”

“The band effectively created an album that is solid in its own right and offers a breath of new air instead of some lame resuscitation of the old sound. And it tears the trendily apathetic diet-rock scene a new one.”