"One of the most well-crafted, unique, and far-out pop albums in recent years. "
-- Tiny Mix Tapes
"They bang and clatter and hoot and howl, like Beefheart and Can and Os Mutantes shot through cannons into cockfighting matches. It's bizarre and uproarious, disorienting and just plain out there. But my god, is it fantastic. "
-- Treble
"Verdict = Ridiculously awesome ... a colorful blend of art-damaged folk pop that never loses its charm amidst its brash juvenility. It's jagged and playful, inventive and hook-laden and overall happily odd. Open Relationship's fifteen tracks are packaged like bite-sized candy bars and then deep fried just for fun; each is a super rich exciting blast of fricasseed creativity."
-- Forest Gospel
"No big surprise, but the new Bird Names record, Open Relationship, is a piece of weirdo pop brilliance that sounds pretty much unlike anything else happening right now, unless there's such a thing as a Chinese Os Mutantes I don't know about."
-- Crickets / Chicago Reader
"The continually clashing sounds and bum notes make one appreciate the care put into Phil Spector's famous Wall of Sound. This music sounds like that wall crashing down."
-- AllMusicGuide
