AllMusic2021ByByMark Deming2021"... Year of the Spider is the work of four musicians who are not content to be goofballs - they can maintain their creative vision while making more of it, and it's a great step forward for a band that's becoming deeper and more satisfying than one might have expected".Read review
Uncut2021 AugustByByErin Osmon2021 August"Taken together, the music of Year Of The Spider is anything but stuck in the past. Its novel sonic alloys, and punk rock spirit, very much ring of right now".Read review
Pitchforkd. 26. Aug. 2021ByByAbby Jonesd. 26. Aug. 2021"Year of the Spider is not only the most musically diverse Shannon and the Clams record, but it's also the most lyrically affecting".Read review