““[Pretty Funny is] Heavily driven by a strong and persistent percussive beat and crystalline vocals, the listener feels instantly pulled into a story rooted in the past. There is an underlying sense of repetitious anger; a bridled, roiling frustration that is being dredged up by a trigger yet again. You feel as if you have been pulled into the middle of an argument that had existed long before your first listen. Although the overall sound is rather upbeat and driving, the careful stiltedness of biting off of words results in an eclectic amalgamation.…””

“Pepper Said has a knack for making the awkward parts of youth infinitely danceable, and when you hear ‘Suburban Riot,’ what you’re hearing is an artist coming further into their own.”

“[Suburban Riot] is honey as hell…and the vocals are so mesmerizing. I’m a fan.”

“We wrap up this week’s East Side Buzz by leaving you with the totally blissful “Suburban Riot” from local indie-rock gurus Pepper Said. It’s is a song written from the perspective of frontman Pepper’s high school self about wanting “to be the adult I am right now, but I didn’t know who I was. … The song title is an oxymoronic expression about teenage confusion,” says Pepper. Get ready to move!”

“…[Sleepovers] is dreamy from the start and delivers a surprisingly soft vocal from vocalist “Pepper.” She has an alluring vocal delivery that is similar to the cadence found with PINK or other pop songstresses.…”