11/03/05 Phoenix New Times "...The Bullets' balance of the serious and whimsical mark them as the most dangerous of creatures: pop musicians with brains... "
11/03/05 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette - "...what really separates this record from the pack of new pop classicists is the lyrical content, spinning tragicomic tales of desperate people stuck in lives they didn't choose, from the factory worker resigning himself, with a sigh, to the fact that he'll just have to learn to love his co-workers, to the office worker who's constantly drinking on the job while writing little poems she tucks inside her head where no one ever goes..."
11/01/05 Popmatters.com review - "...This is pop music as God intended. It's infectious."
10/17/05 Fingertips music review - "...thoroughly embodies some key Kinksian vibe that if (Ray) Davies had come of age in the '00s rather than the '60s his band I think would sound something very much like this..."
10/14/05 Entertainment Weekly "Dowload This" section - "...the literary-minded indie group hits its target on "The Vice and Virtue Ministry..."
11/01/05 allmusic.com 4 Stars - "...it's hard to argue when the Happy Bullets are so good at what they do. Their songs are light and catchy pop with strong melodies set to arrangements Beatles producer George Martin would recognize, with their touches of chamber pop in the additions of a cello part here, a trumpet flourish there..."
10/05/05 Detroit Metro Times - "...On Vice & Virtue Ministry, they view suburban life through a looking glass, twisting Pleasant Valley Sundays into quirky tales of hallucinatory housewives, suicides hiding behind serenity, and worker bees who dream of an aristocratic future..."
9/29/05 Dallas Observer "Best Local CD release of 2005" - "...Who knew that a couple of messy pop-rock bands could be marketing geniuses?..."
09/27/05 Music-For-Robots "Happy Blast" - "...Factured pop straight out of Texas, with a crazy, layered, and at times symphonic sound..."
08/16/05 Gorilla vs. Bear Review - "...The Happy Bullets, from Dallas, TX, make damn near perfect indie-pop songs..."
7/30/05 Indiepages.com - "...This is the first release for Undeniable Records, a promising new label from Dallas, and it's definitely a good start!..."