"My pick to take the Polaris Prize in 2010 is Shad with "TSOL". If and when he does take the prize, I expect that a lot of people will say he won because of strategic voting relating to race, genre, repeat nominees or whatnot. And that's unfortunate because the real reason he'll win is that he made an album that's thoughtful, honest,humorous, crosses rock, pop and hip-hop lines without trying and is catchy as all get out. It's just a great record and quite possibly/probably the best released in Canada in the past year."
- Frank Yang, Chromewaves