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- Summary: The latest full-length release for the Los Angeles-based Canadian singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Mac's Record Label
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 4 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Aug 20, 2025If there’s a curveball in what is a charmingly lo-fi release, it’s the higher vocal register he settles into for most of these tracks - something that might alienate fans of his tighter, poppier work circa ‘Salad Days’. Regardless, Mac’s back - for real, this time.
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Aug 21, 2025‘Guitar’ is easily one of Mac DeMarco’s most humane, and emotive records.
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Aug 22, 2025This is a no-bells-or-whistles effort from DeMarco, staying true to the Guitar title by tying together string-driven emotional releases with jaw-dropping consistency.
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Sep 22, 2025Guitar is ripe with disarming simplicity that only spotlights DeMarco’s remarkable ability to write songs that evoke subtle yet potent feelings of helplessness at the hands of fate, time, and love slipping through his fingers.
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Aug 22, 2025Ultimately, with Guitar, DeMarco is working against the friction of his inescapable audience expectations to declare where he stands now: wiser and more intent, although still victim to tedium.
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Aug 20, 2025It's not a fun listen by most metrics, but investing some time in its lonely chill eventually reveals a deeper side of DeMarco's musical vision, one of slow rumination that's just as valuable as the combustible spark of his earlier days.
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Aug 18, 2025For all their vulnerability, these songs are too inert to make a lasting impression. The flashes of resonance are undeniable, but they’re not enough to break the overwhelming fog of despair that settles over the album.