Well, I think that’s the thing – we learn them a certain way at first, and then, just through playing them so often and doing shows and touring all the time, they change. And then I’ll say: “Do you even like it?”, and she’ll go “Mmm-hmm!” (laughs).ĭo your songs change when you play them live? Now I have a little room to do it in, but before I just used to do it in a bedroom that we shared, so whether she liked it or not she was hearing what I was doing. I usually play her stuff that I work on, yeah. Now it’s been a couple months, and I’m fine with it.ĭo you play your music to your girlfriend (Keira McNally) before it’s released? And, I was happy with it then… I just didn’t want to listen to it for a couple of months (laughs). But now I’ve had a bit of time, so I’m happy. I was just like, “Oh my god, I’m so over it! Fuck this record!” (laughs). I finished the record, and it took forever to mix, get mastered, and then get the artwork together. Not really that long! But there was just a huge gap in between, which is kind of bizarre for me. So, I guess it took almost eight months, but in reality, I suppose it took around two weeks at first, and then a month later on in the year. Then I left it throughout the summer and the fall for the most part, and finally finished it around November of 2016. I wrote some of it right after Christmas time, maybe a little bit later, in the springtime of 2016. How long have you been working on the record? So, you know, it’s funny to write a personal song and then remember, “Oh yeah, I’m showing this to people! I forgot…”. The album’s kind of personal, and I wasn’t, like, checking myself as I was writing it. Is this album more personal than your previous ones?
Here is a transcript of a prerecorded interview with Mac Demarco about how his music has evolved. One of the debut singles, ‘My Old Man’, tracks Mac’s concern about becoming increasingly similar to his absent father, as his life progresses. Now that Mac is 27, however, there seems to be a more sombre, introspective tone to his work. Mac’s previous full-length album, Salad Days, matched Mac’s persona as a carefree young musician whose music reflected that through his youthful attitude.
Just get it.” And, there is an undeniable subtle change to the tone of This Old Dog.
Mac was, however, characteristically calm about it, telling fans to download it from “Pirate Bay, Torrents.to, Soulseek, Napster, Limewire, Kazaa. His third full-length studio album – released on 5th May, this year – was unfortunately leaked online some time before the official release date. The name Mac DeMarco calls to mind, for many people, the image of an amiably scruffy, lovable, roguish type figure who always seems to be having the time of his life on stage.