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Mac DeMarco Biography“As I’m getting older, chip up on my shoulder...” is the opening line from Mac DeMarco’s second full-length LP "Salad Days," the follow up to 2012’s lauded "Mac DeMarco 2." Amongst that familiar croon and lilting guitar, that initial line from the title track sets the tone for an LP of a maturing singer/songwriter/producer. Someone strangely self-aware of the positives and negatives of their current situation at the ripe old age of 24.
Written and recorded around a relentless tour schedule (which picked up all over again as soon as the LP was done), "Salad Days" gives the listener a very personal insight into what it’s all about to be Mac amidst the craziness of a rising career in a very public format. The lead single, “Passing Out Pieces,” set to huge overdriven organ chords, contains lines like “...never been reluctant to share, passing out pieces of me...” Clearly, this isn’t the same record that breezily gave us “Dreamin,” and “Ode to Viceroy” but the result of what comes from their success. “Chamber of Reflection,” a track featuring icy synth stabs and soulful crooning, wouldn’t be out of place on a fantasy Shuggie Otis and Prince collaboration. Standout tracks like these show Mac’s widening sound, whether insights into future directions or even just welcome one-off forays into new territory.
Still, this is musically, lyrically and melodically good old Mac DeMarco, through and through. The same crisp John Lennon / Phil Spector era homegrown lush production that could have walked out of Geoff Emerick’s mixing board in 1972, but with that peculiar Mac touch that’s completely of right now. “Brother,” a complete future classic, is Mac at his most soulful and easygoing but with that distinct weirdness and bite that can only come from Mr. DeMarco. “Treat Her Better” is rife with “Mac-isms,” heavily chorused slinky lead guitar, swooning vocal melodies, effortless chords that come along only after years of effort, and the other elements seriously lacking in independent music: sentiment and heartfelt sincerity. We’re only at Part 2 and 1/2 (one EP and two LP’s in) into Mac’s career. A relentless work ethic is something to be admired in today’s indie music scene, but when it’s of the quality Mac is giving us time and time again, it starts to turn from admiration to awe.
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-Mac DeMarco went as a different Mac this Halloween: MacGruber. During his Festival Supreme set at LA's Shrine Auditorium last night, he and his entire band ...
'Stranger Things' star Finn Wolfhard covered Mac DeMarco's "Salad Days" in a Twitter post.
DeMarco's following has grown too large for the outsider festivals and small stages that ... But its creator, the boyish, gap-toothed indie rocker Mac DeMarco, just ...
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“As I’m getting older, chip up on my shoulder...” is the opening line from Mac DeMarco’s second full-length LP "Salad Days," the follow up to 2012’s lauded "Mac DeMarco 2." Amongst that familiar croon and lilting guitar, that initial line from the title track sets the tone for an LP of a maturing singer/songwriter/producer. Someone strangely self-aware of the positives and negatives of their current situation at the ripe old age of 24.
Written and recorded around a relentless tour schedule (which picked up all over again as soon as the LP was done), "Salad Days" gives the listener a very personal insight into what it’s all about to be Mac amidst the craziness of a rising career in a very public format. The lead single, “Passing Out Pieces,” set to huge overdriven organ chords, contains lines like “...never been reluctant to share, passing out pieces of me...” Clearly, this isn’t the same record that breezily gave us “Dreamin,” and “Ode to Viceroy” but the result of what comes from their success. “Chamber of Reflection,” a track featuring icy synth stabs and soulful crooning, wouldn’t be out of place on a fantasy Shuggie Otis and Prince collaboration. Standout tracks like these show Mac’s widening sound, whether insights into future directions or even just welcome one-off forays into new territory.
Still, this is musically, lyrically and melodically good old Mac DeMarco, through and through. The same crisp John Lennon / Phil Spector era homegrown lush production that could have walked out of Geoff Emerick’s mixing board in 1972, but with that peculiar Mac touch that’s completely of right now. “Brother,” a complete future classic, is Mac at his most soulful and easygoing but with that distinct weirdness and bite that can only come from Mr. DeMarco. “Treat Her Better” is rife with “Mac-isms,” heavily chorused slinky lead guitar, swooning vocal melodies, effortless chords that come along only after years of effort, and the other elements seriously lacking in independent music: sentiment and heartfelt sincerity. We’re only at Part 2 and 1/2 (one EP and two LP’s in) into Mac’s career. A relentless work ethic is something to be admired in today’s indie music scene, but when it’s of the quality Mac is giving us time and time again, it starts to turn from admiration to awe.
Contact a speaker booking agent to check availability on Mac DeMarco and other top speakers and celebrities.
Mac DeMarco is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics . The estimated speaking fee range to book Mac DeMarco for your event is $30,000 - $50,000. Mac DeMarco generally travels from MontrealCanada and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Atlas Genius, Colony House, Walk The Moon, Franz Ferdinand and Faye Webster. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Mac DeMarco for an upcoming event.
Mac DeMarco went as a different Mac this Halloween: MacGruber. During his Festival Supreme set at LA's Shrine Auditorium last night, he and his entire band ...
'Stranger Things' star Finn Wolfhard covered Mac DeMarco's "Salad Days" in a Twitter post.
DeMarco's following has grown too large for the outsider festivals and small stages that ... But its creator, the boyish, gap-toothed indie rocker Mac DeMarco, just ...
Though I normally hate making any kind of generational generalization, I've decided that there's enough convincing evidence to support the proposition that ...
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