Jester of the Captured Tracks court, Mac DeMarco has been forming a solid catalog of jazz garage throughout 2012. At age 21 DeMarco released Rock and Roll Night Club, an EP of loose and easy grooves. Only five months later his debut album 2 was released, a mellow showcase of music speaking from a place of a certain grit and honesty.
We find DeMarco sending a letter home to mom with “Freaking Out the Neighborhood,” explaining his carefree lifestyle the best he can: “please don’t worry, next time I’m home I’ll still be the same / when your first son gets up to no good;” he also assures that it is all right: “really I’m fine, never been better, got no job on the line.” Written in the thick ink of smoky jazz influences, the guitar waves with chorus and forms a certain slime equally creepy and soothing.
In a game of indie musicians taking themselves seriously for no reason, Mac DeMarco hangs out and when you listen to his voice you can hear a real person. His debut album 2 came out in October through Captured Tracks, a dirty basement of endless possibilities that promotes having fun and enjoying yourself. His live shows are already notorious for their wild energy and freedom, and when DeMarco tours in 2013 I highly advise fun-lovers to attend.