MAC DEMARCO has announced details of an extensive tour in spring which will include a date at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on 30th August.
The news comes with the announcement of a brand new album titled This Old Dog, due for release on 5th May, alongside two of its featured tracks. It will be the lo-fi rocker’s first full LP since 2014’s Salad Days and the follow-up to 2015’s mini-album Another One.
Moving from Queens, New York to Los Angeles to work on the new record, This Old Dog marks a change in DeMarco’s songwriting process. He said: “I demoed a full album, and as I was moving to the West Coast I thought I’d get to finishing it quick. But then I realized that moving to a new city, and starting a new life takes time. Usually I just write, record, and put it out; no problem. But this time, I wrote them and they sat. When that happens, you really get to know the songs. It was a different vibe”
“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,” DeMarco added. “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 is an Italian rock record.”
The album will be supported by an extensive tour around Europe and the US, during which he will take in a number of festivals such as Coachella, Governers’ Ball and Sziget. With only a couple of dates planned for the UK, he will play Newcastle’s Academy on 29th August and Edinburgh’s Usher Hall on 30th August. The full tracklisting for This Old Dog can be seen below, alongside two of its featured tracks ‘This Old Dog’ and ‘My Old Man’.
This Old Dog:
01 My Old Man
02 This Old Dog
03 Baby You’re Out
04 For the First Time
05 One Another
06 Still Beating
07 Sister
08 Dreams From Yesterday
09 A Wolf Who Wears Sheeps Clothes
10 One More Love Song
11 On the Level
12 Moonlight on the River
13 Watching Him Fade Away
