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A Fistful Of Pills

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The Pills’ third release is filled with songs that define a genre, giving me another record to play for people besides Mark Bacino’s Pop Job when they ask me what I mean when I say I listen to Power Pop. The first half of A Fistful Of Pills finds the Boston boppers combining their trademark amphetamine pop muscle with enough of a melody dose to keep from knocking the listener out, although the hyper-speed 27 seconds of “Continental Breakfast” comes close.
 
The Pills deftly temper Who-style bombast (“Slam Book”, “You Could Have Kept That To Yourself”) with lilting '60s-inspired jangle (“Brand New Pair Of Eyes”, “Rock & Roll Heart”), resulting in a record that is sure to satisfy fans of classic UK mod and pure American Power Pop equally. Throw in the album closing acoustic campfire shit- =kicker, “Ballad Of Don Crawford”, and A Fistful Of Pills is easy to swallow indeed.

- Joe Lutz


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