I recorded them at home too, and didn’t really leave the house that much. So after I got better, I wrote eight songs just sitting around my room.

I was in bed with a pressure headache for three weeks. MUNGER: What was your process for writing Another One?ĭEMARCO: I planned to write it after we finished touring in Asia and Australia, but I got sick with a crazy ear infection right when we got back. It’s totally fun for us to play in front of a crowd that doesn’t necessarily know who we are, but festivals get pretty impersonal when they get super large.

MUNGER: Are you a fan of music festivals in general?ĭEMARCO: It depends on the lineup, and usually when they’re really huge it’s kind of weird. Lots of our friends were there too, which was cool. We just finished two and half weeks of touring Europe and then flew to Tennessee for the last day of tour to play another festival hella jet-lagged, so it was kind of like “maaaan.” But it was a lot of fun. I’m just trying to keep it comfortable for myself, and if other people feel comfortable as a result-hey, bonus, you know? I’m just doing me.” Luckily for DeMarco (and his listeners), that approach has resulted in a masterful compilation of songs.Įarlier this summer, we spoke with the Montreal-born, Queens-based musician about creating Another One in his bedroom, his life in Far Rockaway, and how he feels about the term “slacker rock.”ĮMMA MUNGER: You just got back from Bonnaroo. “There are a lot of bands that are very serious and cool, and that’s just not me,” he continues. DeMarco’s subjects aren’t exactly upbeat he sings of lost love and heartbreak, but with a buoyancy that keeps things light. “I’ll make you a cup of coffee.” This conclusion conveys the same lightheartedness that characterizes the record musically: bright guitar lines bend playfully, interwoven with warbling synth and fluid vocals. Mac DeMarco’s forthcoming mini LP Another One (out this Friday, August 7, on Captured Tracks) ends with a personal invitation to his house in Far Rockaway, New York-address included. MAC DEMARCO IN FAR ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK, JULY 2015.

Just another one mac demarco