Mac DeMarco - The Way You’d Love Her

The use of the word ‘slacker’ to describe Mac DeMarco is actually a glaring example of oxymoron. DeMarco, after all, is a man who has barely been off the road since 2012, and who rushed directly to the airport to catch yet another flight within minutes of recording the final drum part on last year’s superb ‘Salad Days’. He’s hardly somebody that qualifies for the tag. With the announcement that there’s a new, eight-track mini-album on the way in August, he’s clearly not been spending what free time he does have procrastinating.

‘The Way You’d Love Her’ is the first cut to be taken from ‘Another One’, and it marks a divergence from the sound of ‘Salad Days’. Where that was a hazy hangover of a record, the wavering guitars on this track feel generally upbeat - there’s just a tinge of melancholy - and the vocals, crisp and clean, cut straight to the front. Lyrically, though, we’re in familiar territory, as DeMarco doles out relationship advice that’s every bit as charming in its simplicity as the track’s guitar solo. On this evidence, ‘Another One’ - technically an EP - might be the summer’s most blissful pop record.