2 x LP 10 Year Anniversary Edition containing both 2 and 2 Demos with an 8 Page Booklet containing new liner notes written by Mac.
Mac DeMarco’s debut full length, 2, released in 2012,
cleaned up the songwriter’s warped take on soft rock and
brought it to a broader audience. Given DeMarco’s affinity
for keeping things lo-fi — 2 was the first time he’d bothered
to record demos — it’s revealing to hear these songs in
their most embryonic form. The performances here are a lit- tle looser and the sound a little hazier than on the actual LP,
lending an atmosphere of dreamy vulnerability, especially
to ballads like “Annie” and the Lennon-esque “Sherrill.”
“It’s tough to say which DeMarco is preferable: the swoon- ing clear-eyed baritone of the last two songs or the unset- tling deep-voiced emoter of the first eight. Really, I’m a fan
of both versions -- the goofy creep and the straightforward
crooner.” – Pitchfork
CT352lp
Disc 1
1. Cooking Up Something Good
2. Dreamin’
3. Freaking Out The Neighborhood
4. Annie
5. Ode To Viceroy
6. Robson Girl
7. The Stars Keep On Calling My Name
8. My Kind Of Woman
9. Boe Zaah
10. Sherrill
11. Still Together
Disc 2
1. Cooking Up Something Good
2. Stars Keep Calling My Name
3. Dreamin’ Slow
4. Lonely Shredder
5. Robson Girl
6. Annie
7. Harrison Ford Escort
8. Sherrill
9. My Kind of Woman (Instrumental)
10. Dreamin’ Fast