Saturday, December 30, 2017

DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER : THE ALBUMS, 2017.


03/mac demarco/this old dog

In the summer of 2015 Mac Demarco dropped his Another One EP. As the final song fades to black and the curtain starts to fall, Mac drops his real address, inviting you the listener to come over and have a cup of coffee sometime. The move was an incredibly warm and open gesture that was not a stunt, and this year he hit us up once again to replicate that feeling of being alone and candid with him over a cup of joe with his beautifully understated third LP This Old Dog. Sitting with us, Mac is reflective and looking inward while conversing with us, asking that we "don't let the world outside the windowpane get to your head, and hopefully make some sense of all this shit before you're dead", as he attempts to do in front of us here. With these attempts at maintaining a peace of mind comes a more crisp sound and production, amplifying the acoustic folk and light jazz rock tableau underlining Mac's contemplations. Turns out not every dog has his day, and on This Old Dog, Mac works through the motions to keep this from becoming a common occurrence.

KEY TRACKS: This Old Dog/A Wolf Who Wears Sheeps Clothes/Moonlight on the River

04/demi lovato/tell me you love me

05/jay z/4:44

06/amber coffman/city of no reply

07/priests/nothing feels natural

08/fever ray/plunge

09/sza/ctrl

10/ariel pink/dedicated to bobby jameson

11/miguel/war & leisure

12/ema/exile in the outer ring

13/charli xcx/number 1 angel

14/lcd soundsystem/american dream

15/lorde/melodrama

16/syd/fin


18/st. vincent/masseduction

19/cherry glazerr/apocalipstick

20/kesha/rainbow

21/vince staples/big fish theory

22/thundercat/drunk

23/kehlani/sweetsexysavage

24/palberta/bye bye berta

25/father john misty/pure comedy
















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