Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Mac Demarco: Another One ALBUM REVIEW


I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Mac Demarco is a pretty cool guy. He comes off so carefree and lovable in his interviews, and so far, his music has been a mirror of that. However, on his last full length, Mac put some more serious topics on display, such as the thought of growing up and becoming older, maybe a sign that his music needed to grow too? At least that's what I took away from Salad Days, an album that I thought was an overall stronger album than 2.


Now we have this new mini album called Another One, and truth be told; it's his best collection of songs yet. From the noodly and infectious opening guitar licks of "The Way You'd Love Her" to the ambient invitation of "My House On The Water", a track that literally has Mac giving out his address and welcoming everyone to "have a cup of coffee" with him. In between these bookends, we get six tracks that alternate between fast, peppy numbers like "Just To Put Me Down" to slow crooners such as "A Heart Like Her's".

Regardless of the mood of the tracks here, they all share one thing in common, they are almost all uniformly excellent and show that Mac can put together a holistic project when he wants to, since this is easily his most cohesive effort yet, with subject matter mostly revolving around love of all shades. For instance, a track like the amazing "No Other Heart" is the perfect balance of unrequited love mixed in with the kind of humor and soul that Mac has put in his previous music, making a likeable underdog character that we can all relate to.



For an album that only lasts about 25 minutes, Another One is surprisingly fulfilling, and while I wouldn't have minded another track or two, since the closer is really more of an ambient piece, I was still plenty satisfied with what this album had to offer.

8.8/10


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