As I’m getting older, chip up on my shoulder…” is the opening line from Mac DeMarco’s Salad Days, the follow up to 2012’s lauded Mac DeMarco 2 . Amongst that familiar croon and lilting guitar, that initial line from the title track sets the tone for an LP of a maturing singer/songwriter/producer. Someone strangely self-aware of the positives and negatives of their current situation at the ripe old age of 23.
Written and recorded around a relentless tour schedule (including his much loved Meredith Festival & sold out sideshow appearances), Salad Days gives the listener a very personal insight into what it’s all about to be Mac amidst the craziness of a rising career in a very public format.
The lead single, ‘Passing Out Pieces’ is available here: https://soundcloud.com/capturedtracks/passing-out-pieces
Check out the pitchfork review here. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19170-mac-demarco-salad-days/