But DeMarco says that what you see of him on the internet doesn't always tell the whole story. Because for all his affected nonchalance, Mac DeMarco has delivered a record that's very touching, and deeper than what we might have expected.With his mischievous smile and playful stage persona, indie rock musician Mac DeMarco has gained a reputation as something of a merry prankster. Maturity, without a doubt, and even more clearly, the desire to show that he is a serious songwriter. Above all, he brings out a more personal side of his character. More acoustic, and less electric than he has been, the Canadian plays with bossa-nova tempos (Dreams From Yesterday) and summery pop (A Wolf Who Wears Sheeps Clothes), choosing to foreground his keyboards over his guitars. In particular, his dead-eye sense of melody, which will have us humming in our next few thousand showers. All the DeMarco hallmarks are there, to be sure.

His mini-album Another One of 2015 already had about it some of the flavour of this 2017 vintage. Is it the approach of his 30th birthday (and that’s still three years off) that is making Mac DeMarco so melancholy? Not to suggest that the wonder boy of the American indy scene has lost any of his boyish humour, his off-beam stories, his radiant second-hand guitars and his joyful and rickety synths: just that the general tone of This Old Dog was marked by a certain detachment, or a somewhat pensive mood. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. Because for all his affected nonchalance, Mac DeMarco has delivered a record that's very touching, and deeper than what we might have expected.

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