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10.0
118325
10.0 |
The Guardian
Brian Christinzio distills beauty from pain and allows melodies and hooks to hang around on this triumphant album
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9.0
118347
9.0 |
All Music
Written 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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9.0
118348
9.0 |
musicOMH
The last few years have been tumultuous for Brian Christinzio to say the least, but Shortly After Takeoff is a perfect distillation of pain, humour, depression, and plain old human existence
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9.0
118264
9.0 |
Uncut
A heroic, controlled crash landing. Print edition only
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9.0
118289
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s a spellbinding and utterly wonderful thing
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8.0
118265
8.0 |
Q
Paranoid, doomy synths temper the classicism of Christinzio's luxuriant Harry Nilsson songwriting. Print edition only
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8.0
118266
8.0 |
Mojo
At times it's all too much, but Christinzio knows how to burn without crashing. Print edition only
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8.0
118261
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Above all, Shortly After Takeoff sounds better than any other BC Camplight record. As he moves through quiet balladry to soaring gameshow synth-pop and crooner rock’n’roll, Christinzio’s vulnerability is always rendered by melodramatic strings and a charmingly lysergic production
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8.0
118432
8.0 |
The FT
Brian Christinzio’s vocals have the singsong flow of Brian Wilson
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8.0
118451
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
One of the best albums to listen to right now during lockdown. Although it’s a tad too short, its genre-shifting wildness is sure to entertain anyone experiencing boredom
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7.5
118315
7.5 |
Beats Per Minute
His outlook on life won’t be for everyone, but mass appeal hasn’t bothered him for a while; when faced with calamity, sometimes all you can do is laugh
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6.0
118262
6.0 |
The Skinny
Shortly After Takeoff is BC Camplight’s most reflective and most emotionally engaging album to date
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6.0
118263
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
A pre-recorded audience howls in laughter at Christinzio encountering a manifestation of his deceased father
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