There’s tracks like the folksy opener My Old Man, an introspective look into Demarco’s relationship with his father, and then more classic sounding tunes drawing on Mac’s hopeless romantic side, like Baby You’re Out or Still Beating. The sparkly, almost neo-psychedelic For the First Time stands out amongst a range of bluesy indie balalds, while the folksy Latin soft-rock on Dreams from Yesterday draws immediate comparisons with Devendra Banhart. In terms of his whole career too, some of Mac’s strongest and most refined material comes together for this latest project. It’s less fast moving jangle pop, and more slow burning love ballads that hark back in time with a Demarco touch. Mac’s sound has always been minimal, but This Old Dog appears to be his most sparse record – but once again, in the best way possible. Every track is sort of carefully cultivated, near perfect but not quite, in the best way possible. His vocal performances are crisp, yet loose – too perfect and he wouldn’t match the idling, low fidelity instrumentals beneath his voice.
Mac’s bluesy, part freak-folksy, almost John Lennon sounding vocals return to haunt the halls of This Old Dog’s thirteen tracks. Mac’s love affair with analog synths and vintage machinery that really showed itself on Another One is just as present on This Old Dog. Plenty of these new tracks showcase their lo-fi, throwback appeal glitzy bells on For the First Time, Latin-esque electronics on Dreams from Yesterday, even subdued, cloudy pads on On the Level. Mac’s mantra seems to be keep it simple there’s nothing incredibly groundbreaking going on here, but that throwback sound is something he most definitely does well. Opening track My Old Man might begin with an off-kilter drum machine beat, but as soon as Mac’s signature guitar joins in, things immediately start to feel very Salad Days-y – but that’s far from a bad thing.
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Mac Demarco’s third studio album may be more of the familiar indie rock cross jangle pop we’ve come to expect from him, but somehow that classic formula still manages to impress on This Old Dog. Despite the addition of drum machines and synthesizers into the mix, the slacker-singer-songwriter’s latest has still got that jangly, lazy charm about it, bringing together both the moody indie rock of Salad Days and the vintage pop ballads of 2015’s mini LP Another One into a project that’s part throwback pop and part folksy blues.
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