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Jan 30, 2013The occasional burst of incredible, disposable pop goes a long way, but sadly not long enough to make Christopher an entirely engaging experience.
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Jan 23, 2013[An] offensively dull record.
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Jan 29, 2013Christopher's hyper-saturated synths sound less like a reverent throwback and more like Twin Shadow in an irradiated snow globe.
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Mar 15, 2013The band’s fourth release, Christopher, falls flat despite containing one of this year’s (possibly this decade’s) finest pop songs with its opener “Desert of Pop.”
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MagnetFeb 11, 2013He mostly sounds like a fish out of water. [No. 95, p.57]
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Jan 31, 2013Christopher is all dreamy lushness with synths that range all the way from zappy to squashy.
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Jan 31, 2013Light, breezy and somewhat snoozy, Christopher has some pleasant moments, but it's not the strongest work in McPhun's discography.
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Jan 23, 2013The Ruby Suns quickly lose their nerve and hooks about halfway through Christopher, and it simply becomes a brighter, albeit favorable, take on Fight Softly's mushier innards.
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Jan 31, 2013The few peaks of Christopher are heavily outweighed by its deep valleys and plodding middle ground, which pass by without so much as a signpost of remembrance.
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Q MagazineJan 24, 2013McPhun's chirrupy high-register and a synth-pop gloss, which washes over the album from start to finish, only serves to ramp up the all-consuming mawkish tone. [Feb 2013, p.110]
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Jan 28, 2013The song [vapory closing number "Heart Attack"] almost saves Christopher from venturing into annoying self-parody, but it's ultimately unsuccessful due to the uncertainty of its message.
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Jan 29, 2013Even if Christopher is almost always functional, it's almost never essential.
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Feb 11, 2013While the album is pleasant enough listening, and certainly doesn’t make you want to block up your ears, it is just too plastic-sounding to yield any lasting substance.