Rock critic
Robert Christgau calls
Clem Snide's music "true American deadpan," and group leader
Eef Barzelay says he believes their obscure first album "did in fact seep into the collective unconscious and caused millions of people worldwide to feel a vague sense of resignation." Such comments notwithstanding, it would be a mistake to dismiss
Your Favorite Music as some sort of put-on. Like the albums of, say,
Jonathan Richman, this music has a homespun quality and a twisted worldview that can bring a smile. But there's serious and rather wonderful stuff going on here, too.