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Still in Rock has ranked this LP as the third best of 2015. Another One received a generally favourable response from music critics, scoring 75/100 on Metacritic. DeMarco describes the album to be a collection of love songs, 'It's just kind of like every angle of how somebody might feel if they're having strange feelings in their chest.' On May 11, 2015, Captured Tracks released the first single of Another One, titled 'The Way You'd Love Her'. On April 22, 2015, DeMarco announced the release of an upcoming album titled Another One, which was released on August 7, 2015, in addition to a video depicting the making of Another One.

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ĭeMarco made his first talk show appearance (and second TV appearance after The Eric Andre Show) when he performed the song 'Let Her Go' on Conan on March 30, 2015. It was a shortlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. The record was released on April 1, 2014, and again received the 'Best New Music' designation from Pitchfork. On January 21, 2014, DeMarco announced the release of his upcoming second album, Salad Days, along with debuting the lead single 'Passing Out Pieces'. One of his songs, 'Moving Like Mike', was licensed by U.S. This release, entitled 2, was received well by critics, garnering a 'Best New Music' designation from Pitchfork. Rock and Roll Night Club impressed his new label enough that they agreed to release a full-length follow-up album. The four-track-recorded album features skits and slowed-down vocals. In early 2012, he released an LP titled Rock and Roll Night Club. On January 9, 2012, record label Captured Tracks announced the signing of DeMarco. Failing to find work as a musician, he participated in medical experiments for money and worked on a road paving crew. In 2011, DeMarco moved from Vancouver to Montreal to begin recording as a solo artist. He was joined by Alex Calder and Jen Clement, signed to Unfamiliar Records, and toured with Vancouver band Japandroids in 2009. DeMarco worked on 'psychedelic' video projects during this time. Living in the Killarney neighbourhood, he released a self-produced album, Heat Wave, as a part of the indie rock project Makeout Videotape in 2009. 2009–2012: Early projects and first solo album

Īfter graduating from Strathcona High School in Edmonton in 2008, DeMarco became a backing musician. He started smoking cigarettes as a teenager, which has now become a big part of his image. During high school he was in several bands, including indie rock band The Meat Cleavers, alternative R&B group The Sound of Love and post-punk band Outdoor Miners (along with current keyboardist, Alec Meen), which was named after a song by English rock band Wire. Around this time he started playing guitar, with lessons from his grandmother. ĭeMarco attended McKernan School for junior high.

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His mother, Agnes DeMarco, later changed his name to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco, after his father left when Mac was 4 and refused to pay child support. His great-grandfather is Vernor Smith, Alberta's former Minister of Railways and Telephones, for whom DeMarco was named, and his grandfather (also named Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith) was a judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. Life and career 1990–2008: Early life and educationĭeMarco was born in Duncan, British Columbia on Vancouver Island, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. His style of music has been described as 'blue wave' and 'slacker rock', or, by DeMarco himself, 'jizz jazz'. DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut Rock and Roll Night Club (2012), 2 (2012), Salad Days (2014), Another One (2015), This Old Dog (2017), and Here Comes the Cowboy (2019). McBriare Samuel Lanyon ' Mac' DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer.