‘Cooking Up Something Good’ springs sound memories of early connections with the Canadian connoisseur.
Mac’s staying Mac whether you like it or not and jovial earworms like ‘Salad Days’ will continue to rise from his Silver Lake residence. The title track of Mac DeMarco’s 2014 album may have lead listeners to believe that the juvenile’s years of foolish merriment were over. On top of all this, ‘A Wolf Who Wears Sheeps Clothes’ is an archetype of Mac’s wonderfully guileful lyricism. Maybe it’s the alluring harmonica, the matching guitar hook or the contagious solo as the clock strikes two minutes. There’s a sex appeal to ‘A Wolf Who Wears Sheeps Clothes’ that whisks it up the standings.
Sincerity is DeMarco’s greatest trait as a lyricist and on ‘My Kind of Woman’, he wears his heart on his sleeve.ġ0. Rated by many as 2’s best track yet while it’s difficult to put it above landmarks ‘Ode to Viceroy’ and ‘Freaking Out The Neighborhood’, ‘My Kind of Woman’ is musically magnetic and tells a starkly honest prom story which reveals itself further after repeated listens. ‘Baby’s Wearin’ Blue Jeans’ is next level lo-fi and it’s the chorus which has the track supremely placed at 12 on the list. Throughout Mac’s debut solo EP, Rock and Roll Night Club, listeners are bestowed with haunting vocals. You can’t fully appreciate DeMarco’s latest offerings without acknowledging the founders of the land. Mac reckons shit happens in life – we can’t deny that – and Blue Boy’s gotta grow up. But it’s a well-constructed song with a lesson. ‘Blue Boy’ is Salad Days’ most fleeting track but its nonchalance prolongs the excursion. Crazy is what we’ve come to love from Mac and this is right up there with that. It’s one of his most evocative and curious cuts – a poignant first four minutes slides into a psychedelic outro which could be described as an ambient portrayal of the erstwhile lyrics. The longest track in DeMarco’s discography is a kaleidoscopic journey. It’s the black sheep amongst the herd – a bit weird and a bit adrift, which is why it remains well entrenched in our memory. ‘Passing Out Pieces’ preceded Salad Days, and while it hasn’t lived up to the euphoric timelessness of ‘Let Her Go’, ‘Salad Days’ and ‘Chamber of Reflection’, it remains a kooky little synth number that’s close to our hearts. ‘One More Love Song’ is an eloquent synth ballad embodying a maturing and increasingly introspective DeMarco. In Mac’s hands, it’s poignant, intangible and encapsulates a songwriter we hold dear. It’s a common sentiment, but it’s not monotonous. One more of those, another one of these – its seems for DeMarco, there’s always something extra, something superfluous which often lies just out of reach. A juicy guitar line and bass guitar is juxtaposed with an uproarious solo that emerges from nowhere. It’s not the first time we’ve seen Mac belittling his shaggy appearance. in Vancouver checking out affluent girls passing by’. But more importantly, who cares?Īka ‘the creepy song about Mac chilling on Robson St. This track is certainly not for the melodious partisans of albums, Another One and This Old Dog, yet it bears the perfect dose of musical jitter and tomfoolery that drew us to DeMarco in the first place. If there’s a song that perfectly encapsulates the early staccato days of Mac, it’s ‘I’m a Man’. It’s danceable when played aloud and comforting upon a weary soul. Certainly the sleeper on the list, The Another One single chimes like bliss in the summer sun. Nevertheless, it was the face of the Mac’s next evolutionary shift.Īrguably the most treacherous listing on Mac’s top 20 is the soft is velvety track, ‘I’ve Been Waiting For Her’. The 2014 album title track is DeMarco’s most musically compact song which many may snarl at for reasons of drear and repetition.
Tumbling out of ‘The Way You’d Love Her’ for the first time, rolling my eyes at another piece of low fidelity, I’m splashed with the smooth synthesisers of Another One. Before we dive into the next DeMarco chapter, let’s take a second to pull apart Rock and Roll Night Club, Salad Days, 2 and more to rank what are the best 20 best tracks of Mac. The cult following is rife with fervour – everyone wants more of what we’ve had before and it is with great belief that the friendliest man in music will bring it to us. We’re four LPs, two EPs and a mini album deep into Mac DeMarco’s solo storyline and this is just the beginning. They’re tunes that bring pleasure to a Sunday stroll, night-after delirium, afternoon doze or any other situation you find yourself in. He’s goofy and approachable and his musical identity matches that: lo-fi, slacker pop fits the bill nicely. You haven’t even met him and he feels like buddy of yours. You can’t help but be swept up in the gratuitous theatre that is Mac DeMarco.
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