Produced by the man-of-the-moment Dave Fridmann, Without A Plan is as one might expect it to be - beautifully realized psychedelic pop in the vein of recent recordings from Mercury Rev and Flaming Lips. But whereas those two bands' melodies tend at times to drift off into the ether, Bodega - or more accurately singer, instrumentalist and songwriter Andrew Rodriguez - keeps the songs, nicely earthbound. With a high, clear voice reminiscent of a younger Neil Young, Rodriguez affectingly puts across his often-plaintive tunes, which involve such topics as love, loss and Vespas. But he knows how to kick it a la Crazy Horse, as he does on the brief "Don't Have A Clue." The album is filled with sudden delights and fancies, from the symphonic title track to the melancholic "Up In Smoke, Out In Tears," to the gentle "Sometimes." A record this spellbinding, this meticulous, it's hard to believe it's without a plan." Eliot Wilder - Amplifier.

Weird and catchy pop tunes, impeccably produced....Yeah!