"Dismemberment Plan frontman [proves] he was right to go solo."  (Village Voice)

"On his first solo LP, Morrison shies away from his old band's V-neck-sweater pseudo-funk and turns in a collection of enigmatic indie-rock tunes about death and family."  (Spin)

"When the D.C. quirk-rock quartet the Dismemberment Plan disbanded in 2004, charismatic frontman Travis Morrison became a ringleader without a circus. Now solo, his unique talent for storytelling survives the breakup completely intact. Morrison's new crop of funk-based, sample-heavy songs -- some with full string arrangements, post-punk guitar explosions or mini piano concertos -- emerge with all the literary wit and offbeat subject matter that made the Plan's material so compelling in the first place. Using absurd, parabolic lyricism to explore right vs. wrong, revenge and the United States' current sociopolitical climate, Morrison clearly enjoys the creative control that a solo career now affords him. Fortunately, any pomposity gives way to touches of self-deprecating humor, as on "Born in 72", which is laden with tongue-in-cheek laugh tracks and canned applause. "Get Me Off This Coin" is broken into four, short, glib acoustic asides (A through D) that separate the album into chapter-like sections. This isn't the last we'll be hearing from his overstuffed mind, and that's a joyous thing."  (RollingStone.com)

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