Vice’s Noisey described American Sharks' debut album as “a weekend-long party stuffed into 9 songs, with chunks of fuzz-punk being puked onto your shoes at all times.” Punknews declared “Their self-titled debut is driving, heavy and above all, fun as hell.” Diffuser wrote “American Sharks are creating some of the grittiest, rawest and realest rock and roll we’ve heard in a very long time.”