Speaking about this in an interview, DeMarco said, "The way I rationalize it, to have the address you’ll have to listen to the album to the very end. Two weeks after Another One had been leaked online, about 30 strangers had come to his house. Īt the end of the final track, "My House by the Water," DeMarco recites his home address in New York City and invites fans for a cup of coffee. Another One was made available for streaming through NPR Music on July 31. "No Other Heart" premiered on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show Musical Hot Water Bottle on July 20. DeMarco shared "I've Been Waiting for Her" on July 14. Attendees who offered donations to a food bank received BBQ food. On July 8, DeMarco held a listening party and BBQ for fans in Brooklyn, New York. He also encouraged fans to upload their own cover versions of the song and announced he would award 69 cents to the fan with the best submission. A week later, DeMarco released a self-directed music video for the mini-LP's title track. Without permission, BBC Radio played the previously unheard song "Just to Put Me Down" from the mini-LP on June 9. On May 11, DeMarco shared "The Way You'd Love Her", and announced 24 further tour dates, extending the festival and concert tour to November. Dinner supported him on his first three dates, in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver. DeMarco is set to perform at several North American and European festivals and will also be headlining concerts on both continents.
Along with the extended play, 43 tour dates, starting in April and ending in September, were announced.
The release of the mini-LP was announced on April 22, 2015. The songs were written within a week and recorded within the following week and a half. So I think that it's not so important what they mean to me, as opposed to being there for other people to have and to enjoy, hopefully and maybe to reflect on, or whatever."Īnother One was recorded by DeMarco in his home in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York between tour dates promoting his previous studio album Salad Days (2014). The charismatic everyman is growing and expanding, and while there aren’t as many earworms to be found here, he’s hopelessly endearing – even with a broken heart."I think people should be able to come along and have it mean something to them It's talking about all different kinds of facets of being in love, being out of love, wanting love, not wanting love. The future of Mac DeMarco doesn’t lie solely in his talent for crafting immaculate jangle-pop. The dreary synths cascading downwards and an invitation to My House By The Water speak volumes. Mac’s lost his taste for sunny-side up slacker ballads. With a synth lead reminiscent of a 70s high school sitcom theme, it laments an intense love slowly ebbing away. Sounding like a lost track from The Virgin Suicides, Mac bleeds over weary sliding notes: “Tried so hard to believe in something that will never be, never be.” There’s no coming back from here, even with the chirpy rhythms and airy harmonies of I’ve Been Waiting For Her, which are left feeling a little like a forced smile.īringing the album almost to its end, Without Me is a cathartic sigh of acceptance. The faint delicacy of A Heart Like Hers will cause your own tender ventricles to rupture. The misty subdued synths of the title track carry his mournful words “afraid she might not love you anymore”. On The Way You’d Love Her, his syrupy guitar riffs wobble more than ever, bend- ing and stretching under his gentle vocals – a beautifully burned-out ode to a romance slipping out of reach. A forlorn and disillusioned sense of insecurity is palpable. Single-handedly he developed the cult of Mac, a success propelled by his sloppy, sincere self.īut something’s up with Mac on Another One. He’s walked his ever-growing band of disciples through irresistible sun-stained daydreams with his unpretentious, softly swaggering indie records. It’s hard to imagine Mac DeMarco getting too down.