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Apr 4, 2025With The Crux, Keery doesn't just prove he more than owns his space in the pop world as Djo, he's found a home.
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Apr 3, 2025An ambitious, joyous, heartfelt collection that finds him revelling in analogue instrumentation, expansive arrangements, and unashamedly retro sonic touchstones.
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Apr 4, 2025There’s a relaxed lean to The Crux and a confidence that emanates from Keery in a newly open way. His vocal performances are especially lovely.
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Apr 4, 2025At a dozen tracks long, with The Crux, Djo is proving himself as a multi-faceted artist, being equally talented as both a performer and songwriter.
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Apr 3, 2025Djo triumphs in an accomplished attempt at a third album which spares no songs in getting to the crux of the matter.
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May 6, 2025For the most part, the album is a well pruned garden of musical history centered around Djo’s charming storytelling and personality.
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Apr 4, 2025“End of Beginning” might have been Djo’s big billion-stream break, but it was no fluke. The Crux marks the arrival of a fully formed artist who’s only just getting started.
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Record CollectorApr 17, 2025Keery frequently channels synth-rockers The Cars (Link finds Keery doing his best Ben Orr impression, while Delete Ya is reminiscent of Ric Ocasek); ELO's crisp pop (Charlie's Garden); and Cake-meets-OK Go jauntiness (standout Basic Being Basic). [May 2025, p.103]
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MojoApr 3, 2025His retro-pop stylings are just as keenly observed and affable. [May 2025, p.93]
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UncutApr 3, 2025Echoes of early MGMT also haunt the like of "Delete Ya", but he's at his best when he lends a touch of falsetto-sung acoustic soul to "Potion" and "Fly" floats off into wistful wanderlust. [May 2025, p.29]
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Apr 8, 2025Derivative as it is, it’s all performed with care and craft, a frictionless blend of styles that feels a bit uncanny, like music you could imagine in a faux Urban Outfitters at Starcourt Mall. But there’s a sense The Crux aspires to something greater.