![]() ![]() But on his latest, Here Comes the Cowboy, he adopts enough of the conventions of a restrained genre (broadly speaking, folk/country) that any penchant he might have for the cheesy is mostly reined in. The risk, of course, is sounding too slick, too soft rock, yacht rock or what-have-you. But he has also shown an eagerness to geek out on studio slickery, and so he seems to be vying not only to be his generation’s Paul Simon, but also his generation’s Donald Fagen (or Haruomi Hosono). ![]() On This Old Dog, released in 2017, Mac took a turn toward the sensitive, giving a glimpse of himself as his generation’s Paul Simon. But he has traded in some of his quirkiness for panache, being unafraid to demonstrate that he is just as much a pop sophisticate as he is irreverent. ![]() Since his extraordinary, seemingly out-of-nowhere rise, Mac DeMarco is apparently happy being indie rock’s jester, wearing his talent lightly, with a wide, gap-toothed grin. ![]()
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