“Ola Podrida is a cohesive, confident album full of folky, quiet guitars and thoughtful lyrics that coalesce into complete songs. But what sets the group apart from similar acts like Iron & Wine and Paul Duncan is its cinematic flair: Wingo treats his words like images, so that the music acts like a soundtrack that gently reinforces their meaning and impact.”
– Pitchfork (8.0)

“This is "Texas Music", in the best sense of the phrase.”
– Gorilla vs. Bear

“The folksy calm lets the songs feel easy, lets them feel familiar; and yet deep in there, beneath the easy and familiar songs, is something more than status quo. There's a fierceness that feeds these soft-voiced things, something far too sensuous for bedtime. If this were a 2006 album, it would be one of my albums of the year.”
– Said the Gramophone

“unfailingly cinematic”
– Exclaim

“Wingo's mastery of the sound is hard to deny"
– Coke Machine Glow

“very good album…fantastic live show. Definitely worth checking out”
– Brooklyn Vegan

“it's easy to fall prey to Ola Podrida's rustic charms”
– Textura

“…the upcoming album is a thing of quiet beauty reminiscent of the very best under-the-radar homegrown ’70s folk experiments…I have a feeling this is only the beginning.”
– Aquarium Drunkard

“Ola Podrida excels at creating a beautifully atmospheric mood, as well as gentle beauty that's both spacious and deceptively complex….At the end of ‘Jordanna,’ Wingo sings, ‘I'm not sure there's any point to it all / but I sure loved hearing your voice,’ and the latter sentiment surely holds true here.”
– NPR

“Wingo does his best work in scenes, crafting imagistic snapshots over a Hill Country backdrop, combining Iron & Wine's dusty lore with the breathy melancholy of Nick Drake.”
– Austin Chronicle

“….this is what I'd hoped Grizzly Bear's Yellow House would sound like…Ola Podrida isn't just a strikingly accomplished debut—it's near-essential listening for anyone who's been taken with the recent turn in some parts of the indie cosmology towards folkier and more countrified sounds.”
– Stylus Magazine

"Instruments layer together subtly and deftly, creating an atmosphere that brings to mind the wide Western plains or old, not-quite-forgotten lovers."
– Spin

“..a pretty, Southern-inflected indie rock album, soft acoustic guitar arpeggios, various keyboard instruments, and brushed drums leading the way”
– All Music Guide

“Ola Podrida have beaten Sufjan Stevens to the punch and recorded an aural-love letter to singer David Wingo’s Lone Star state.”
– Pop Matters

“chock full of beautiful songs”
– My Old Kentucky Blog