"In 1997, the Shins released their debut album under the name Flake Music called When You Land Here, It's Time to Return. Now with a reissue of the underappreciated and highly sought-after album, the legacy of the Shins has had a gaping hole refilled, and the context in which the indie classics Oh, Inverted World and 2003's Chutes Too Narrow were conceived can be more widely understood ... It may seem a little dated, but for the most part the album holds up as a charming piece of timid `90s indie rock: broken, raw, a little sheltered, but bracingly different and fun".