It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if Another One had an equally quick turnaround as writing catchy, easy to listen to songs fit for a never-ending summer seems to come so easy to him. He again chose to record the album at home rather than in a studio ( the warmness in his production has always lent a lot to Mac’s music) and leading up to the release of Another One hosted a BBQ sound-tracked by an entirely different album of instrumentals he recorded in 4 days. He seemingly has that deceptive knack of making music that sounds simple at first but rather than being bland it’s incredibly catchy and has a lot more depth the more you listen to it. Mac seemingly glides along with ease across 8 tracks, the things that made me get into his music in a big way last year are still there.
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Thankfully, Mac has been around the block for a good few years now ( having been a part of Makeout Videotape before going solo) and so as many singer-songwriters have done across the years, he’s become very comfortable and good at making the kind of music he wants to produce, in this case chilled out and energetic and at other times having the uncanny valley effect of sounding like some long lost release from the early 70s but with the little thing here or there that ties it in the present day. There’s plenty of songs about love, chorus pedal-laden guitar, upbeat basslines and just a hint that the wheels have fallen off a little bit in places. If you’ve been following the guy and his music for long enough then you may be relieved or unsurprised that his musical stylings remains firmly in tact here. On the surface level, calling this album Another One is either perfect or some self-deprecating humour from Mac. And it’s a good one, but not one without some caveats. It is another one though, I can definitely confirm that. Whatever your position, this was one of the more surprising releases of the year coming in between Mac’s seemingly never-ending touring and just over a year after Salad Days. The label call it a ‘mini-LP’ but Mac has referred to it as the next release and at around 25 minutes, it’s only another track or two away from his previous full-lengths. Thus, here’s Another One.Is Another One a new Mac DeMarco album or not? It’s certainly a question up for debate through this review and the release itself. Great songwriters don’t need to reinvent themselves they just need to keep going and let the songs out in the world. With two full-lengths and two EPs released and hundreds of sold out shows performed in the last several years, a recent late night television debut on Conan following a special performance on The Eric Andre Show, it seems, as Mac nears his 25th birthday, there’s not a slack bone in the man’s body. Despite working at the same pace as artists like Creedence and The Rolling Stones, coupled with an equally unending schedule of touring and press, it’s odd that Mac is labeled as a slacker. Written and recorded during the downtime between a relentless touring schedule, Another One is an eight-track release that expands the arsenal of Mac’s already impressive catalog, showing the maturity of Mac’s progression as songwriter: it’s a bit more refined, a bit more sophisticated, but nonetheless retains the guts and soul of classic Mac. Like the days of Steely Dan or Harry Nilsson releasing a classic album every year (or less) comes Mac DeMarco’s Another One, a mini LP announced one year after the release of the meteorically successful Salad Days. 2015 mini album release from the Canadian singer/songwriter.
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