#SALAD DAYS MAC DEMARCO WIKI SERIES#
On January 21, 2014, DeMarco announced the release of his upcoming second album, Salad Days, along with debuting the lead single "Passing Out Pieces," The record was released on April 1, 2014, and again received the "Best New Music" designation from Pitchfork. It was a shortlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. Captured Tracks has announced a subscription series called "The Wonderful World of Mac DeMarco 7" Club Vol.
The four-track-recorded album features skits and slowed-down vocals. It impressed his new label enough that they agreed to release a full-length follow-up album. This release, entitled 2, was received well by critics, garnering a "Best New Music" designation from Pitchfork. One of his songs, "Moving Like Mike", was licensed by U.S. Failing to find work as a musician, he participated in medical experiments for money and worked on a road pavingcrew. On January 9, 2012, record label Captured Tracks announced the signing of DeMarco. In early 2012, he released a mini-LP titled Rock and Roll Night Club. The album sold out its 500-unit run. DeMarco worked on "psychedelic" video projects during this time. He was joined by Alex Calder and Jen Clement, signed to Unfamiliar Records, and toured with Vancouver band Japandroidsin 2009. In 2011, DeMarco moved from Vancouver to Montreal to begin recording as a solo artist. After that, he moved to Vancouver.Living in the Killarney neighbourhood, he released a self-produced album, Heat Wave, as a part of the garage-noise/punk rockproject Makeout Videotape in 2009. 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 (named after a song by English rock band Wire). His great-grandfather is Vernor Smith, Alberta's former Minister of Railways and Telephones, for whom DeMarco was named. His mother later changed his name to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco.Īfter graduating from Strathcona High Schoolin Edmonton in 2008, he became a backer. His style of music has been described as "blue wave" and "slacker rock", or by DeMarco himself “Jizz Jazz”.ĭeMarco was born in Duncan, British Columbia, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Genres: Indie rock, psychedelic rock, jangle pop, lo-fiĭeMarco has released three full-length studio albums, 2 (2012), Salad Days (2014), and This Old Dog (2017), as well as two mini-LPs: his debut Rock and Roll Night Club (2012) and Another One (2015). *Literally copied everything from wiki so creds to them i guess*īirth Name: Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV