It was a little space-in time, location (he moved from Queens to LosAngeles), and method-that inspired Mac DeMarco while making This Old Dog.Arriving in California with a grip of demos he’d written in New York,he realized after a few months of setting up his new shop that the gap wasgiving him perspective. DeMarco says, “I demoed a full album, and as I wasmoving to the West Coast I thought I’d get to finishing it quickly. But then Irealized that moving to a new city, and starting a new life takes time. UsuallyI just write, record, and put it out; no problem. But this time, I wrote themand they sat. When that happens, you really get to know the songs. It was adifferent vibe.” DeMarco wrote some demos for This Old Dog on an acoustic guitar, an eye-opening method for him. “The majority of this album is acoustic guitar, synthesizer, some drum machine, and one song is electric guitar. So this is a new thing for me.”And right from the offset, from the pops and clicks ofthe CR-78 and acoustic strums on the album-opening “My Old Man,” andthe synth-drenched beauty of the second track, “This Old Dog,” it’s clearthat DeMarco’s bag is filled with new tricks indeed.This Old Dog is rooted more in a synth-base than any of his previous releases, but he is careful not to let that tactic overshadow the other instruments and overall “unplugged” mood of the work. “This is my acoustic album, but it’s not really an acoustic album at all. That’s just what it feels like, mostly. I’m Italian, so I guess this isan Italian rock record.
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