{"product_id":"mac-demarco-this-old-dog-lp","title":"Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog [LP]","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore you ancients out there turn your heads and scoff at the premise of a twenty- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esomething rock-and-roll goofball calling himself an old-anything, consider this: Mac DeMarco has spent the better part of his time thus far writing, recording, and releas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- ing an album of his own music pretty much every calendar flip. This Old Dog makes for his fifth in just over half a decade—bringing the total to 3 LPs and 2 EPs. According \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto the DMV, DeMarco is 26. But in working-dog years, ol’ Mac here could easily qualify for social security. To stay gold, turns out all he needed was some new tricks. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was a little space—in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etime, location, and method—that inspired DeMarco while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emaking the record. Moving from his isolated Queens home to a house in Los Angeles \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehelped give the somewhat transient Canada-native a base, and a few more months \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon his calendar to create did their job as well. Arriving in California with a grip of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edemos he’d written in New York, he realized after a few months of setting up his new \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshop—complete with a few new toys—that the gap was giving him perspective (insert tooth joke here). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRight off the bat, from the pops and clicks of the CR-78 drum machine and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eacoustic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estrums on the album-opening “My Old Man,” the synth-drenched beauty of the second track, “This Old Dog,” it’s clear that DeMarco’s bag is filled with new tricks \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eindeed. This Old Dog \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis rooted more in a synth-base than any of his previous releases, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebut he is careful not to let that tactic overshadow the other instruments and overall “unplugged” mood of the work: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This is my acoustic album, but it’s not really an acous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etic album at all. That’s just what it feels like, mostly,” says DeMarco. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite the changes considered during the creation of This Old Dog\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Mac De\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarco’s mid-twenties masterpiece, it’s clear that the engine that motors him is in no \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edanger of slowing down. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"For The Record","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43194708721729,"sku":"817949013158","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/1340\/6785\/files\/CT260.jpg?v=1766184602","url":"https:\/\/fortherecordnyc.com\/products\/mac-demarco-this-old-dog-lp","provider":"For The Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}