Claim: Not Exotic is the album that well received by critics, and  Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times featured the band and album in the publication and PopMatters praised the release and the variety of songs.
Evidence: It met with a largely positive reception in the music press. The album was well received by critics, and Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times featured the band and album in the publication on November 9, 2013, writing that the band were part of "the legacy of the late Elliott Smith: a generation of indie-rock songwriters... using their own ramshackle voices to sing their own stories of creeping sadness and fleeting joy," and calling it "a wild, passionate album." Pitchfork Media gave it a more mixed score of 6.6/10, while PopMatters praised the release and the variety of songs.