Albums
Brother
2014
Release Date: 2014
By Pitchfork
Reviewed March 9, 2014
Read Jamieson Cox’s review of the track.
Take away the greasy dreamboat charm and the predilection for Viceroy cigarettes, and Mac DeMarco’s calling card might be his choice of guitar tone. He likes his six-strings slippery and gleaming, like a forehead that hasn’t been washed in a few days. After being relegated to the background on recent single “Passing Out Pieces.” DeMarco’s signature sound is back in force on the newest track cut from his upcoming full-length, Salad Days, the sweet slacker anthem “Brother.” It’s a surprisingly melancholy advice column of a track, a piece of reflection in a mirror stained with bong water. Don’t let the weathered ball-cap or unkempt exterior fool you: There’s a heart of gold underneath that grime, and the tenderness of “Brother” is proof.