"After two decades of experiments across their expansive art/pop/punk spectrum, it's still impossible to predict what Deerhoof will do next. `La Isla Bonita' - with the exception of `Mirror Monster', which glides from eerie and downbeat to emotionally devastating - is all about showcasing their daft array of riffs".
"A big part of Deerhoof's power comes from their inscrutability. They've got the rare talent of affecting emotion without supplying a direct line into any kind of inner narrative, of inspiring release in the abstract. La Isla Bonita doesn't solve any mysteries, but it does cut some new faces on a band that feeds on its own newness".