[1] Since the release of Panic Room in 2005, Mac has been working with Daniel Johns and touring with Silverchair, remixing and DJing with Jonny Seymour as Stereogamous, composing film scores and soundtracks for many Australian films including Kath and Kimderella, Beautiful and Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger and developing new music for dance productions as well as his own tours.

[2] He was writing sketches while in tour buses and hotel rooms, and from there he started looking for people to collaborate with and began to record demos.

"[4] Katie Cunningham of Rolling Stone Australia gave the album 3 out of 5 saying "Four years in the making, Mac's brought on board a formidable collection of guest vocalists and co-producers" adding "Holiday From Me is a welcome return.

Some of the tracks don't even contain vocals until halfway into proceedings" adding "if you can forgive some minor indulgences in regards to song length, Holiday From Me is a nice little romp from one of our great DJs.

"[7] David James Young from The Brag gave the album 3.5 out of 5 saying "the famed Sydney producer has come out of exile with a batch of boisterous, bubbling and occasionally brilliant pop-flirting dance tracks.