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[It] ends up being some of Trans Am's most satisfying work yet.
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If you're a fan of the group through thick and thin, there will definitely be enough to love here. If you want to know the best place to start with Trans Am, that place is still Futureworld.
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Alternative Press[They] still fuse rock with techno with more nonchalant poise than nearly anybody else, but they've also crafted some of their most gorgeous tunes here. [Mar 2007, p.137]
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Easily their best album since 2000's Red Line.
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BillboardThat this album could just as easily have come out in 1985 is no detriment to its consistently entertaining songs. [24 Feb 2007]
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There's a lot here to admire: the songs are well-formed and consistently engaging.
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Sex Change is uneven from song to song, but name a Trans Am record that isn't. What's something here is the smoothness with which the record evens out as a whole.
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Entertainment WeeklyHandy for those times you wish the mid-'90s had never ended. [2 Mar 2007, p.67]
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FilterSex Change channels all of your Jan Hammer and Harold Faltermeyer dreams into dystopian perfection. [#24, p.92]
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Sex Change makes for an interesting listen and most certainly marks a milestone in the band's discography.
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MojoSex Change continues their move away from arena bombast towards streamlined Euro grooves. [Mar 2007, p.103]
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Sparse, directionless and half-formed, Trans AM's eighth LP is nowhere near the radical transformation its title suggests.
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Their jokes and concepts and imitations have sunk into their bones and become tools for them to make some of the best music of the year thus far.
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It's an interesting middle ground the band reach here, touching upon many previous bases while not favoring entirely the guitar tomfoolery or the smirking electro-rock.
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It is a lot of fun, brilliantly produced and is the perfect winter soundtrack to plans for a summer road-trip.
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Ultimately, Trans Am can’t seem to provide the thrills they did when they first arrived.
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Everything finally does come to a rewarding payoff with the ringing lone guitar work at the end of "Triangular Pyramid," but the long drive to get there is rather boring.
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Q MagazineSex Change is the sound of a band having fun. [Mar 2007, p.117]
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Sex Change, like some of the best pieces by the Boredoms or Glenn Branca or Eno, is a startlingly fun album to listen to.
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Spin[It] never rests in one spot. [Feb 2007, p.87]
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Like Trans Am’s late-90s material, this album is enjoyable without being astonishing.
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Sex Change will please both their fans and newcomers; in fact it might be one of the best intros to their work so far.
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Under The RadarTrans Am's best album to date. [#16, p.94]
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UrbThe synths and cheese riffs have dawdled so far down the path of meaningless self-abuse that they give all forms of masturbation a bad name. [Jan/Feb 2006, p.81]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 15
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Mixed: 2 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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StuartS.Nov 17, 2007
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vaskeMar 25, 2007All of their albums were pretty good but this is simply great. These guys know how to make good music. 4738 degrees- the song of the year!!!
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ReidMMar 20, 2007Pretty good stuff that goes from full on electronics to banging out rockin' guitars.