Dirty Words, the first full-length effort from the Departure, is a marvel of modern engineering, a record so devoid of warmth and human emotion that you'd swear it was conceived in a test tube  Full text...

One of the year's more thought-provoking debuts, but not, alas, in a good way  Full text...

It's a record born in the studio, rather than the heart. But however cold and detached it may sound, Dirty Words is a fine, flawlessly recorded debut.   Full text...

Their only real hope is that Jacques LuCont takes some pity on them and gives them a remix  Full text...