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Apr 24, 2020This album is a masterpiece.
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Apr 27, 2020What makes Shortly After Take Off work is the attention to detail, both musically and lyrically.
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Apr 23, 2020Written from the heart and dredged from pop music's boneyard, Shortly After Takeoff feels like the album Christinzio has been working toward his whole career.
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Apr 22, 2020Sure, his prowess in mope-pop makes for a voyeuristic listen, but on Shortly After Take Off he invites us to take a twitch of the curtain obscuring the life of Brian from the outside in, and it’s a spellbinding and utterly wonderful thing.
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UncutApr 17, 2020A heroic, controlled crash landing. [May 2020, p.25]
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Apr 24, 2020Adopting a very domestic lyrical setting whilst grappling bravely with big issues, Shortly After Takeoff offers ideal lockdown listening, a touching black comedy of emotional isolation.
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MojoApr 17, 2020At times it's all too much, but Christinzio knows how to burn without crashing. [May 2020, p.88]
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Q MagazineApr 17, 2020Paranoid, doomy synths temper the classicism of Christinzio's luxuriant Harry Nilsson songwriting. [Jun 2020, p.94]
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Apr 24, 2020Shortly After Takeoff is a powerful collection made by someone who’s had to endure more than his fair share of turbulence.
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Apr 17, 2020These musical twists and turns can occasionally detract from Christinzio’s lyrics, which veer between gallows humour and vulnerability. When the latter half of the album gives his words more room to breathe, their impact becomes even greater.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 37 out of 45
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Mixed: 6 out of 45
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Negative: 2 out of 45
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Apr 25, 2020A work of genius. Despair through the lens of bonkers production, unforgettable melodies, dark humour, and disturbingly poetic lyrics.
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Apr 25, 2020
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Jun 18, 2020