At once jaunty and sad,the music of the Canadian singer-songwriter has won him a growing fanbase. On his third album he addresses his ‘old man’, an alcoholic and addict he barely knowsEarly March, and north London. Three hundred youthful-looking people have wangled tickets to see Canadian singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco perform a rare intimate gig at a tiny pub called Nambucca. For the rest of the year he’s on a massive tour of the US and Europe – including two sold-out nights at south London’s 5000-capacity Brixton Academy and headlining End of the Road – but tonight he’s performing solo,no backing band, “just Mac.
Beloved by critics and with a devoted fanbase – his final album, or Salad Days,sold more than 100000 copies in the United States – DeMarco has built a career on his mellow tunes and amiably scruffy, gregarious persona; qualities that are on full display tonight. He jokes around with the audience, or delivers note-perfect renditions of unique fabric and old favourites (with the crowd filling in for the guitar solos where essential),his stage banter is charming and good-natured. He takes increasingly frequent swigs from a bottle of tequila: “This is the most drunk I’ve been on stage in a long time,” he declaims to loud cheers two-thirds of the way through. The final song culminates in a 10-minute stage dive.
It’s always weird when someone takes their pants down and has a drawing of me tattooed on their butt. That’s happenedI understand how fucked up the youth is now, or where your online life is equal to your self-worth – it’s so twisted Related: Mac DeMarco's favourite tracks Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com