# When My Heart Felt Volcanic

When My Heart Felt Volcanic is the debut full-length album by American indie pop group The Aces. It has received positive reviews from critics.

## Reception

When My Heart Felt Volcanic received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 75 out of 100, based on four reviews. Johnny Rogerson of Clash Magazine gave the album a 7 out of 10, stating that they have "escape[d] the indie clichés attached to pop bands using guitars, and have created a fully-fledged pop scorcher". In The Line of Best Fit, Pip Williams rated this release a 6 out of 10, calling it a "breezy, fun debut", but criticizing the band for not being more experimental with their sound. Writing for NME, Hannah Mylrea calls this album "sugar with substance" and rates it 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "Fake Nice" "could be one of the best pop songs of the year". NPR's Lyndsey McKenna writes in First Listen that the band has a similar sound to contemporary acts such as The 1975, Haim, and Paramore, but "here's a timelessness to the construction" of this album that makes it "a refined mission statement from a band with history" that is the kind of pop music "that's fit to be blasted from car stereos and sung along to at high volumes".

## Track listing

* "Volcanic Love" (Daniel Gibson, Katie Henderson, Simon Oscroft, McKenna Petty, Alisa Ramirez, and Cristal Ramirez) – 3:25
* "Stuck" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 4:05
* "Fake Nice" (Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, C. Ramirez, and Wendy Wang) – 3:23
* "Lovin’ Is Bible" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:20
* "Just Like That" (Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, C. Ramirez, and Butch Walker) – 3:47
* "Last One" (Frederik Berger, Henderson, Elof Loelv, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:46
* "Strong Enough" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:47
* "Holiday" (Mike Green, Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:49
* "Stay" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:25
* "Bad Love" (Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, C. Ramirez, and Greg Wells) – 3:05
* "Put It on the Line" (Gibson, Henderson, Oscroft, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:58
* "Hurricane" (Josh Gudwin, Henderson, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 3:37
* "Waiting for You" (Henderson, Daniel Nigro, Petty, A. Ramirez, and C. Ramirez) – 4:17
Bonus track on vinyl edition
* "Friends" (Demo) – 3:28

## Personnel

The Aces
* Katie Henderson – lead guitar, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
* McKenna Petty – bass guitar, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
* Alisa Ramirez – drums, vocals, production on "Hurricane"
* Cristal Ramirez – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, production on "Hurricane"
Additional personnel
* Zoux Bluestein – instrumentation, engineering
* Mike Crossey – mixing engineering
* Chris Gehringer – mastering
* Jonathan Gilmore – engineering assistance, mixing assistance
* Mike Green – engineering, production on "Holiday"
* Josh Gudwin – engineering, vocal production
* Matt Jacobson – engineering assistance, vocal production
* Ian MacGregor – engineering
* Dan Nigro – instrumentation, engineering, production on "Waiting for You"
* Simon Oscroft – engineering, production on "Volcanic Love", "Stuck", "Lovin' Is Bible", "Last One", "Strong Enough", "Stay", and "Put It on the Line"
* Will Quinnell – mastering
* Eric Stenman – mixing, mixing engineering
* Derrick Stockwell – engineering assistance, vocal production
* Todd Stopera – engineering
* Butch Walker – engineering, production on "Just Like That"
* Wendy Wang – instrumentation, engineering, production on "Fake Nice"
* Greg Wells – mixing engineering, production on "Bad Love"