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This suite culminates in the album’s pop piece de resistance, the alt-rock hit “Step On,” which breaks out with ultra-catchy piano and the shimmering backing vocals of Rowetta, whose feminine presence gives universality to the pills?? apparent take-over. The album closes with its darkest moments and an uplifting dénouement. “Holiday” enters with the sound of a plane flying overhead, but the holiday of the title is no global jaunt. In his most affected sneer, Ryder describes a drug binge...
...only wishes that Murs had a more meaningful everyday life. With songs about compulsive shopping for Star Wars: Episode II action figures (“B.T.S.”), amateur skateboarding (“Transitions of a Rider”) and seratonin reuptake inhibitors (“Happy Pills??), the album is slim pickings for compelling topics...