 Critics compared it to the eighties synthpop and new wave genres . Pitchfork Media 's Matt LeMay and Phares both commented on the contrasts between the " cool , clean synths " and Gibbard 's vocal melodies . Phares went on to liken " This Place Is a Prison " to Björk 's recent works . Death Cab for Cutie had previously covered Björk 's " All Is Full of Love " on their The Stability EP . 
