Music, Style & Culture

First On: Mac DeMarco

Captured Tracks signing with unpredictable turns at the top of his agenda.

Name: Mac DeMarco
Based: Vancouver, Canada
Listen at: Current bandcamp / Makeout Videotape bandcamp
Similar to: Deerhunter

On half of Mac DeMarco’s promo images and packshots, he looks like a glamorous potential superstar; polished, sporting lipstick, pouting at the camera. But sometimes (as was the case with his 'Only You’ 7” artwork) he looks drunk out of his mind, staggering towards the lens. The point is, he’s something of an enigma: An interesting solo artist who puts unpredictable turns at the top of his agenda, both in style and in his music.

The Captured Tracks signing released tapes last year under the name Makeout Videotape. Very soon, he makes his bold, full-blown arrival through the ‘Rock & Roll Night Club’ EP. The tracks we’ve heard from said release blend bright Deerhunter-esque choruses with the customary, classic rock and roll style that his EP’s title promises so much of.