However, as “ Still Beating” jives its way out of the speakers, we are introduced to what I believe has to be one of the most infatuating Mac-riffs ever written. However this song begins to rectify the absence of his trademark jangly electric guitar riffs, saturated with chorus and dripping with vibe. The acoustic guitar still dominates the mix. This track develops DeMarco’s lyrical focus on love and companionship.
Indeed, listening to this track is just like listening to Salad Days for the first time. “ It’s just like seeing her for the first time”, he sings. These instrumental allusions seem to highlight the subject of memory, one which permeates DeMarco’s lyrics on this track. This, combined with the easeful Country style guitar lines basks the ears in the balminess of the summer sun.Īs sparkling analogue synths burst into life, “For The First Time” induces an 80’s nostalgia and evokes the vapourwave infused “Chamber of Reflection” from Salad Days. This further highlights DeMarco’s awareness of the passing of time, and its effect on his attitude, firmly establishing the record as something of a documentation of those inner anxieties which affect us all.Īmbling forward with a care-free swagger, “ Baby You’re Out” pulsates with an almost Afrobeat infused groove. With its solitary acoustic guitar, minimalistic drumming style, and synth drenched choruses, this track plays out like a love letter, a promise that those original lakes of affection have not dried up over time. The following track, “ This Old Dog” expands on the theme of Age established in “My Old Man”.
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Many characterise Mac by his easeful sense of humour, and yes, he’s a funny guy, but it seems this track demonstrates DeMarco’s incredible ability to perceive change and personal difficulties through an artistic lens and then form these observations into accessible and highly relatable slacker tunes. The use of DeMarco’s trusty CR-78 drum machine, four chords on an acoustic guitar and little else, allows DeMarco to offer a more sensitive portrayal of himself. Album opener and previously released single, “ My Old Man” taps into an anxiety I feel myself and most other 20 somethings can certainly relate to.ĭeMarco sings: “ look in the mirror, what you see? Someone familiar but surely not me”, and in doing so immediately confronts the worrying idea that as time passes, those parental characteristics we all strived against when we were younger, are now beginning to transfer onto ourselves. This heightened perspective is clear from the off. It seems this change in scene, and the time taken to settle into his new home allowed for a new perspective on things to form, as well as the time to really get to know the songs intended for the record. He moved from Queens to Los Angeles with a bunch of demos for the album still unfinished.
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The depth of each and every song on this album (his first full length record since 2014’s Salad Days), could perhaps have something to do with DeMarco’s recent change in lifestyle. In This Old Dog, Mac DeMarco, offers a number of stripped back tracks which allow his lyrical sensitivity and creativity to take centre stage.
However his minimalistic use of instrumentation signifies a shift in perspective towards the 26 year old’s production style. The record retains DeMarco’s characteristic song writing style. On May 5, Mac DeMarco released This Old Dog a collection of 13, highly personal, acoustically driven tracks, all of which are masterpieces in their own right.
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