“There’s an impact Neptune’s Core has beyond the warmth they exude as we sit and sip tea together. To best encapsulate this impact is to watch my not-yet-teenaged younger sister’s face as I play this album to her. Though she doesn’t say much besides asking me to “play the lemon car band again,” I can see it on her face. It’s the same sort of power I felt listening to generational mainstays like Debbie Harry and Hayley Williams at the same age. To listen to Neptune’s Core is to be hypnotized by the boundlessness of what sisterhood can be. It’s triumphing through growing pains and settling into a satisfying new sense of self.”
— Josie Guzzo, Ugly Hug
“It’s not a matter of whether Neptune’s Core is ready to take on the world. It’s a matter of if the world is ready for Neptune’s Core.”
— Britt Julius, Chicago Tribune
“Their age belies the sophistication of the songwriting and instrumentation... classic alternative era with delicate fragile quiet moments exploding into loud dynamics... I hear some Soccer Mommy and Snail Mail influences but what I don’t hear are artists still in their teens.”
— Jim DeRogatis, Sound Opinions reviewing the Evolving album as a Buried Treasure
“Every few years in Chicago as the new wave of rock band makes themselves known, a few rise to the top through a mix of talent, timing, uniqueness, and natural charm. And I have not seen many bands do that as well or as quickly as the women of Neptune’s Core.”
— Jill Hopkins, Metro Chicago & Host of Opus Podcast