DEADSY - PHANTASMAGORE published September 2006, Zero Magazine

Is it or is it not the ultimate "fuck you" when a band you hate and even have good reasons for hating comes out with an album that sticks to you like a thirsty leech? Damn, Deadsy. They found my weakness.

There is a campiness in Phantasmagore that really hasn't been offered to the rock community since Marilyn Manson went glam in a nod to Iggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars with 1999's Mechanical Animals. Even Elijah Blue's voice is the same brand of growling tenor that is Manson's. However, Phantasmagore has a more modern-pop feel to it at its lighter moments.

There is a cover, yeah another one, of The Stones' "Paint It Black" that is done decently enough but could still pose a giggling threat. In fact, the entire album has a silliness to it that mainly stems from a single fact: for a band who's personal manifesto is so artsy and seemingly profound, they really know how to sell the classic, coked out, rock romp. Still, if you consider a synthesizer to be your kryptonite, this could be the album that you hate to love.