Latest Release
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- JUL 12, 2024
- 2 Songs
- Salad Days · 2014
- 2 · 2012
- Here Comes the Cowboy · 2019
- This Old Dog · 2017
- Salad Days · 2014
- 2 · 2012
- This Old Dog · 2017
- Salad Days · 2014
- This Old Dog · 2017
- 2 · 2012
Essential Albums
- Despite his reputation as something of a hard-partying rock prankster (not many musicians play a guitar customized with an old beer bottle cap), Mac DeMarco, on record at least, has always been a hopeless romantic. And here, on his second album, the Canadian singer/songwriter effectively leans into loverman mode (just see “Let My Baby Stay”). But “Passing Out Pieces” is a particular marvel: Cast in cloudy synths and dark humor, it’s the sound of slacker rock’s clown prince getting serious.
- 2023
- 2017
Artist Playlists
- An indie-rock prankster with a smooth and soulful vibe.
- The Pepperoni Playboy taught these songwriters how to vibe out.
Live Albums
Appears On
More To Hear
- The Canadian singer-songwriter on his breakthrough album.
- The singer-songwriter selects the 5 Best Songs on Apple Music.
- "All Our Yesterdays" is World Record as Mac co-hosts. Plus Cuco.
- The singer delves into his track, "Frens."
- The band pick the 5 Best Songs on Apple Music.
- Unscripted funk with Yebba Smith, Teddy Ray, and more.
- Unscripted funk with Yebba Smith, Teddy Ray, and Cordae.
About Mac DeMarco
Mac DeMarco’s gap-toothed grin is the greatest advertisement for his music, personifying both its childlike charm and mischievous essence. Born in 1990, DeMarco (né Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV) wasn’t necessarily predestined to become indie rock’s reigning king of chill; he first came up in Vancouver’s late-2000s DIY scene making a spirited, foot-stompin’ racket with garage band Makeout Videotape. But after relocating to Montreal and signing with the Captured Tracks label as a solo artist in 2012, he began to apply the pervading gauzy aesthetics of chillwave to traditional indie guitar-pop tropes, yielding a funhouse-mirrored version of the classic singer-songwriter archetype. Seen from one angle, DeMarco is the consummate slacker, extolling the virtues of morning cigarettes (2012’s “Ode to Viceroy”) and lazily watching the world go by (2014’s “Salad Days”) as he coasts atop a lattice of mercurial guitar jangle that serves as his swimming-pool floatie. But seen from another, he’s a master craftsman and keen observational writer—in the mold of his heroes John Lennon, Harry Nilsson, and Randy Newman—who can deceptively coax profound sentiments from seemingly mundane scenarios, while his increased affinity for tastefully twangy guitar leads posits him as a millennial Mark Knopfler and certified dad-rock revivalist. As his star has risen, DeMarco’s records have only turned more musically simple and emotionally complex, whether he’s pondering his estranged relationship with his father on 2017’s campfire-bossa-nova serenade “My Old Man,” or diving deep into existential malaise via the amiable cowpoke amble of 2019’s “Nobody.” But his increasingly refined approach has not come at the expense of his relatability. As he said to Apple Music, “I think the DIY mentality is an important one, especially at my level, to put across. I’m overweight, I’m going bald, I brush my teeth only once a day, I can’t really play my instrument. But look, I’m enjoying myself. You can do it too.”
- HOMETOWN
- Canada
- BORN
- April 30, 1990
- GENRE
- Alternative