AllMusic2017ByByMarcy Donelson2017"Saturday Night is the solo debut of Ought lead singer and guitarist Tim Darcy ... The album gathers songs of a more personal nature than were fitting for his band's fierier post-punk disposition, with a few actually predating Ought. Not that Saturday Night is a sullen acoustic-guitar record; rather, Darcy is more reflective here, sometimes channeling early solo Lou Reed and sometimes wandering into more experimental meditations".Read review
Exclaim!d. 15. Feb. 2017ByByMatthew Blenkarnd. 15. Feb. 2017"Saturday Night is a confident debut from a creator who's best when he seems uncomfortable. So long as he keeps evading his comfort zone, Darcy's songwriting should remain potent for years to come".Read review
Pitchforkd. 23. Feb. 2017ByByStuart Bermand. 23. Feb. 2017"On this unsettled solo album, Ought frontman Tim Darcy slowly dismantles the confessional crooner archetype, transforming himself from singer-songwriter to sound sculptor ... Rather than concern himself with navigating the outside world, with Saturday Night, he's produced a suitably unsettled soundtrack for just trying to keep your shit together on the inside".Read review