There will never be another Dismemberment Plan, which is why it’s so exciting that there will be another Dismemberment Plan album. Two years of slowly building momentum — a reissue, a tour, a wealth of new material — culminated in frontman Travis Morrison’s confirmation via Twitter last month that a new LP is almost complete. Like Morrison, I’ve been “a little amped” since then. That feeling only escalated this week when the band published an elaborate lyrics and YouTube archive on its website, functioning as a behemoth reminder of the Plan’s mind-bending powers. Obviously, the music landscape is a far cry from what it was in 2001, when these guys last released a full-length album together. But it would be difficult for evolution to leave this band behind. Even in its heyday, the Plan stuck out, a peculiar and uniquely endearing entity shaped by its city and the irrepressible muse of the man at the microphone.
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