Dead Plans

"Dead Plans comes across as either an album that's remarkably removed from rock's temporal continuum or remarkably cutting-edge and fresh. Only time can tell if the band's leading the pack or running off on its own lovable tangent. Either way, it doesn't change the makeup of this album. Cemented squarely in sinister synth-pop, the band bends and twists in a breeze only felt by the band. 'Death From Above' commands the same lock-step machine-tooled rhythms and swooping electronic melodies that would have made it a staple of late '90s goth-club play, even though The Bodies Obtained never set out to become sonic boogeymen. 'What's Done Is Done' pulls the shimmering, gossamer keyboards out of vintage Siouxsie and the Banshees and makes them fight for their life in a world of droning low ends and disjointed lead vocals. 'The Perfect Plan' could have turned out as just another flawed attempt to find the perfect synth-pop song, but instead The Bodies Obtained take it through the looking glass for a skewed Wonderland world of giant hooks and shadowy melodies. 'Baby, It's Not a Sin,' is more pop goodness, as the band gets creepy without getting too caught up in its experimental vibe.

The Bodies Obtained are an enigma: Simultaneously experimental and pop. If that paradox makes for some good talking points, it's not the essence of Dead Plans, which, almost magically, finds a way to make music solely on the Bodies' terms." - Aversion