| After recently wrapping a full run of European tour dates, Mac DeMarco is back to share the video for Salad Days single “Passing Out Pieces” in conjunction with the announcement of more upcoming tour dates. The video, directed by Mac’s bassist Pierce McGarry, sees Mac both giving and taking life, and features appearances from his drummer Joe McMurrary as well as Alex Calder. It’s the first clip from Mac’s lauded new album Salad Days, but anyone that’s been keeping tabs on Mac for some time now knows to expect even more great and bizarre videos to come.
Tour Dates
06-04 Dawson City, Yukon- SOVA
06-12 Brooklyn, NY- House of Vans ~
06-18 Sainte-Therese-De-Blainville, QC- Bar Le Cha Cha #
06-20 Toronto, ON- Opera House [NXNE] &
06-21 Toronto, ON- Dundas Square [NXNE] !
06-23 Minneapolis, MN- First Avenue and 7th Street Entry #
06-24 Winnipeg, MB- The Park Theatre #
06-25 Saskatoon, SK – Amigos Cantina [Saskatachewan Jazz Festival] #
06-27 Edmonton, AB- Starlite Room #
06-28 Calgary, AB- Republik #
07-01 Vancouver, BC- Vogue Theatre #
07-02 Victoria, BC- Sugar #
07-04 Trois-Riviere,Quebec- Trois-Rivières FestiVoix Festival
07-06 Ottawa, Ontario- Ottawa Bluesfest
07-08 San Francisco, CA- Great American Music Hall $
07-09 San Francisco, CA- Great American Music Hall #
07-10 Big Sur, CA- Loma Vista +
07-11 Los Angeles, CA- The Fonda %
07-14 Denver CO- Bluebird Theater +
07-15 Lincoln, NE- Vega +
07-16 St. Louis, MO- Old Rock House +
07-17 Columbus, OH- Skully’s *
07-18 Buffalo, NY- Tralf Music Hall *
07-19 Washington DC- 9:30 Club @
08-01 Montreal, QC- Osheaga Festival
08-02 Happy Valley, OR- Pickathon
08-03 Happy Valley, OR- Pickathon
08-08 Gothenburg, Sweden- Tradgam, Stay Out West Festival
08-09 Oslo, Norway- Oya Festival
08-10 Helsinki, Finland- Flow Festival
08-13 Tel Aviv, Israel- Barby
08-14 Hasselt, Belgium- Pukklepop
08-15 Glanusk, UK- Green Man Festival
08-16 Saint Malo, France- La Route du Rock
08-17 Hamburg, Germany- Dockville
08-18 Copenhagen, Denmark- Pumpehuset
08-21 Parades De Coura, Portugal- Parades de Coura Festival
08-22 Paris, France- Rock En Seine
08-24 Los Angeles, CA – FYF Fest
08-30 Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot
10-04 Austin TX – Austin City Limits
10-11 Austin, TX -Austin City Limits
10-12 Miami, FL- MANA Wynwood (Mac solo show)
11-11 San Francisco, CA- The Fillmore
11-21 Berlin, Germany- Heimathafen Neukölln
11-23 Brighton, UK- Concorde 2
11-24 Leeds, UK- The Irish Centre
11-25 London, UK- The Forum
11-27 Lyon, France- Epicerie Moderne
11-28 Barcelona, Spain- Sala Apolo
11-29 Nimes, France- Paloma
11-30 Milan, Italy- Magnolia
12-01 Zurich, Switzerland- Clubraum Rote Fabrik
~ with Charles Bradley
# w/ Calvin Love, Meatbodies
+ with Calvin Love
^ with Meatbodies
& w/ Panache NXNE Showcase w/ Calvin Love, Saint Rich, Meatbodies
! with Spoon
$ w/ Calvin Love, Holy Shit
% w/ Calvin Love, Meatbodies, Holy Shit
@ w/ Delicate Steve, Calvin Love
* w/ Delicate Steve
More about Salad Days:
“As I’m getting older, chip up on my shoulder…” is the opening line from Mac DeMarco’s second full-length LP Salad Days, the follow up to 2012’s lauded Mac DeMarco 2. Amongst that familiar croon and lilting guitar, that initial line from the title track sets the tone for an LP of a maturing singer/songwriter/producer. Someone strangely self-aware of the positives and negatives of their current situation at the ripe old age of 23.
Written and recorded around a relentless touring schedule, Salad Days gives the listener a very personal insight into what it’s all about to be Mac amidst the craziness of a rising career in a very public format. The lead single, “Passing Out Pieces,” set to huge overdriven organ chords, contains lines like “…never been reluctant to share, passing out pieces of me…” Clearly, this isn’t the same record that breezily gave us “Dreamin” and “Ode to Viceroy,” but the result of what comes from their success. “Chamber of Reflection,” a track featuring icy synth stabs and soulful crooning, wouldn’t be out of place on a fantasy Shuggie Otis and Prince collaboration. Standout tracks like these show Mac’s widening sound, whether insights into future directions or even just welcome one-off forays into new territory.
Still, this is musically, lyrically and melodically good old Mac DeMarco, through and through. The crisp John Lennon/Phil Spector era homegrown lush production that could have come off Geoff Emerick’s mixing board in 1972 with that peculiar Mac touch that’s completely right now is still present. “Brother,” a complete future classic, is Mac at his most soulful and easygoing but with that distinct weirdness and bite that can only come from Mr. DeMarco. “Treat Her Better” is rife with Mac-isms, heavily chorused slinky lead guitar, swooning vocal melodies, effortless chords that come along only after years of effort, and the other elements seriously lacking in independent music: sentiment and heartfelt sincerity.
We’re only in Part 2 1/2 (one EP and two LP’s in) of Mac’s career. As you read this and as you hear the album on April Fool’s Day of this year, he’ll probably be on tour, or preparing for one… or maybe already writing new music. A relentless work ethic is something to be admired in today’s indie music scene, but when it’s of the quality Mac is giving us time and time again, it starts to turn from admiration to awe.
Mac DeMarco
Salad Days
April 1, 2014
1. Salad Days
2. Blue Boy
3. Brother
4. Let Her Go
5. Goodbye Weekend
6. Let My Baby Stay
7. Passing Out Pieces
8. Treat Her Better
9. Chamber Of Reflection
10. Go Easy
11. Jonny’s Odyssey |
