One hopes for a long, lazy summer to suit it. The pay-off is an album that slips down real easy. In smoothing over some of the quirky knobbles and bobbles, DeMarco’s lost a little distinctiveness. My Old Man is not the cover of the Ian Dury song which would’ve been a cat among the album’s pigeons, but rather a simple, lilting piece of Americana-lite, taking its lyrical cue from that old Cat’s In The Cradle dilemma of turning into your own Dad. On The Level is 80s American wine bar muzak you could nicely nod off to if it weren’t for the two-note synth riff jolting you awake. Moonlight On The River hooks you in through swirly melodic hypnosis. The drawback to an album this dreamy is the lack of a track to leap up and bite you. Tonally, it has a lot in common with Beck’s Sea Change – mellow, with a mild melancholia. Those woozy melodic shifts are still in evidence, but instrumentation is much more straightforward – acoustic guitar thin, delicate drums an electric guitar that’s only lightly treated, rather than wavering quite so giddily all over the shop. It’s less spiky than the Canadian’s previous work too. Nothing as jaunty as Cooking Up Something Good or The Way You’d Love Her here. It doesn’t need or want to.Įven by DeMarco’s previous standards this third album proper is laid back. It pootles along the Pacific coastline, arm out the window, maybe pulling over for a dip in the ocean, or a nostalgic beer with an old buddy. Macs problem in past records has been the occasional clumsy song, but this record doesnt have any.
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Ive been a fan of Mac Demarco since his '2' days, and this is easily his best work so far.
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This Old Dog is an album that does the latter. This Old Dog Customer reviews Customer reviews. Mac sees himself becoming his father, growing old, slowing down in My Old Man. Then there are times to take your foot off the gas, cruise, enjoy the scenery. This Old Dog sees Mac DeMarco gazing into the afterglow and coming across some uncustomary awareness, finding moments of dread turning into reassurance and turning back once again. There are times to put pedal to metal and get places fast. By shading in so much of DeMarco’s background, This Old Dog renders him a more relatable songwriter, one capable of connecting on an emotional level without giving up his ceaseless pursuit of.