Demarco, Mac – 2

Mac DeMarco’s debut full length, 2, released in 2012, cleaned up the songwriter’s warped take on soft rock and brought it to a broader audience. Given DeMarco’s affinity for keeping things lo-fi – 2 was the first time he’d bothered to record demos – it’s revealing to hear these songs in their most embryonic form. The performances here are a little looser and the sound a little hazier than on the actual LP, lending an atmosphere of dreamy vulnerability, especially to ballads like “Annie” and the Lennon-esque “Sherrill.”

• 1 Cooking Up Something Good
• 2 Dreaming
• 3 Freaking Out the Neighborhood
• 4 Annie
• 5 Ode to Viceroy
• 6 Robson Girl
• 7 The Stars Keep on Calling My Name
• 8 My Kind of Woman
• 9 Boe Zaah
• 10 Sherrill
• 11 Still Together

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