St.John demonstrates smart songwriting and vibrant personality on this album, and she and her band succeed in reviving new wave sparks while not sounding at all dated. 3.5 stars -- Joe McCombs, AllMusic
Stephanie St. John's post-goth vibrato and lilting guitar were clear even as a singer-songwriter and avant-collaborator. She brings her cover of "I Feel Love" to local prog-pop foursome Mimi Ferocious, whose 250 Times Sweeter Than Sugar goes a long way toward earning its title.
--Chuck Eddy, THE VILLAGE VOICE
The frontwoman of New York's Mimi Ferocious, Stephanie St. John, sounds like the kind of girl you don't want to mess with. She sidesteps around the gritty, atonal vocals of the riot grrls with enough daintiness to be at home among Lilith Fair enthusiasts. But don't let that daintiness fool you. Behind it lies brass that betrays St. John as a spark-plugging, venturesome chica. You know the kind -- the pretty girl in a dress who smiles sweetly before kicking you in the shin......
--Amanda Lee Anderson, INDIE-MUSIC.COM
Mimi Ferocious embodies that genre of geek chic retro girl rock where everything 80s is new again. If campy song titles are any indication for success, the way Flaming Lips went mainstream with Vaseline and Buddy Holly was Weezer's money shot, it just might be possible that Mimi Ferocious gets lucky with their opening track, Tupperware Sky. Mimi Ferocious is all Bangles and Blondie. In tribute to Debbie Harry, the band does a fierce job at covering I Feel Love on the album. Lead guitar on Sister Barbara is hypnotic. Songwriting leans toward the figurative language of the urban artist variety, i.e., lots of talk of sleeping with cab drivers and the like.
--Carrie Crespo, WOMANROCK MAGAZINE
Nice as it is, I actually prefer the CD - 250 Times Sweeter Than Sugar - to the t-shirt, and while she's not cool enough to wear the former, WOMANROCK colleague Carrie Crespo clearly also digs the retro girl rock album, which she describes variously as "hypnotic" and "all Bangles and Blondie." The band themselves describe their sound as "loud, progressive but poppy, sensitive but with balls." --Pete Harris Radio
... a discerning ear for production and assured technique as a singer, acoustic guitar accompanist, and writer.
--Robert Doerschuk, former editor-in-chief, MUSICIAN
As a preliminary taste of Sugar, Stephanie's uncommonly pretty voice carries the shimmering pop ballad "Chariot" to new heights in her already impressive cache of accomplished songwriting. An established flare for whimsical lyrics shows up again on the breezy "Tupperwhere Sky," a reworking of the song "Soul River Tight" from Cinderella's Dead. "Tupperwhere Sky" features a distinctively New Wave influence permeating Michael's inventive guitar riffs, and Stephanie's finely integrated admiration for Blondie and Deborah Harry are in full evidence.
--Gail Worley, STARPOLISH
Excellent Alanis/Kate Bush style lyrics, vocals, and superb band support make this song an absolute must for anything that can play it back loud! Watch how this song unfolds... it's an amazing thing... truly amazing lyrics... amazing arrangements... makes me wish I lived in NY (just next door!)
--Colin Lynch, BESONIC
