Mac DeMarco
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Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco started playing guitar around age 14 and formed his first band, Makeout Videotape, while at Concordia University in Montreal. His debut album '2'...

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Mac DeMarco's unhurried, lo-fi drift

A Montreal songwriter whose relaxed melodies and introspective lyrics have defined a certain slacker charm since the early 2010s.

For a good sense of his lane, put on 'Salad Days' and then 'Moonlight on the River'. They frame that unhurried, slightly melancholic drift pretty well.

His music carved out a space where a song like 'Salad Days' could feel both wistful and completely at ease. That 2014 track, along with later ones such as 'Moonlight on the River', established a sound that doesn't hurry to make its point. It's a specific, drifting quality that has drawn listeners in for over a decade.

He started with the band Makeout Videotape in Montreal before his solo debut '2' arrived in 2012. Records like 'Salad Days' and 'This Old Dog' followed, and he's kept recording steadily into the 2020s, including 2023's 'Five Easy Hot Dogs'.

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Mac DeMarco started playing guitar around age 14 and formed his first band, Makeout Videotape, while at Concordia University in Montreal. His debut album '2' came out in 2012, followed by records like 'Salad Days' in 2014 and 'This Old Dog' in 2017. He's worked with musicians including Jon Lent on bass and Joe McMurray on drums.

His songs often have a relaxed, lo-fi quality with melodies that drift along. Tracks like 'Moonlight on the River' and 'Heart To Heart' show his tendency toward introspective lyrics and unhurried tempos. The music doesn't rush to make its point.

DeMarco has kept recording through the 2020s, putting out 'Five Easy Hot Dogs' in 2023. He maintains a fairly steady output without much fuss about where he fits in the larger music landscape.

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The Start here section opens with Freaking Out The Neighborhood, Exercising With My Demons, and Passing Out Pieces so you can move through the artist's stronger lyric pages first.

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