Mac DeMarco — 2

Black Vinyl LP

After DeMarco moved to Montreal in 2011, he recorded the mini LP, Rock And Roll Nightclub. Featuring slowed-down vocals and elements of glam rock, this recording garnered enough attention that his label, Captured Tracks, agreed to finance a full-length album. DeMarco shifted his style for 2, and his glam and crooning singing style were dropped for a more standard approach to guitar rock. The album was composed and recorded in DeMarco’s Montreal apartment while DeMarco was wearing only his “skivvies.”

Lyrically, DeMarco covers growing up in suburbia, failed love and family secrets, the last featuring heavily in “Cooking Up Something Good.” “Ode To Viceroy” is a tribute to the singer’s favorite brand of cigarettes. DeMarco is apologizing to his mother in “Freaking Out The Neighbourhood,” and trying to convince a girl to leave town with him in “The Stars Keep On Calling My Name.”

Released: 10/16/12