Mac Demarco: NPR Music Field Recordings
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"I like living by the water. It's new and crazy for me," says Mac DeMarco, smoking and peering out at the bay in Far Rockaway, Queens. All around, nature blends with reminders of civilization: Behind him, sun-dappled waves are chopped up by freighter boats and the occasional jet ski passing by. Across the water sits JFK airport, with its distant engine hum of planes taking off and landing at a steady, rhythmic clip. The crisp, salty sea breeze mingles with wafts of stagnant water, decaying debris and dead horseshoe crabs that wash ashore. For the charismatic 26-year-old songwriter who grew up in the landlocked plains of Canada, the water still holds an exotic appeal. Plus, the area's laid-back feel is a perfect match for his laconic delivery and perpetually chill personality.
Living out in the Rockaways is a welcome escape from the action and distractions that come with living in a city. "I don't ever see anybody unless I want to," he explains. "And even if I want to, usually people don't come out here 'cuz it's so far away. And my phone doesn't really work. It's all just peace and quiet."
DeMarco moved to this house last fall, after touring behind last year's excellent Salad Days - just in time for the long, bleak East Coast winter - with the intention of playing his instruments loud and writing new music in isolation. The wistful, melodic mini-albumAnother One, released last week, was written and recorded in his room. A shaggy and surfy collection of love songs, it's suited for a lazy summer backyard barbecue or taking your second-hand rowboat out for a dusk cruise.
That's especially true of his song "No Other Heart," which has him wooing a crush from afar. "I'll put the sparkle right back in your eyes / What could you lose?" he sings in his very best "Jealous Guy"-era John Lennon croon over warbling keyboard voicings. In this wonderful, bare bones performance on his boat - which he bought as a gift for himself to cope with the "birthday blues" - DeMarco's peculiar charm shines through. --MIKE KATZIF
CREDITS
Director/Producer: Mito Habe-Evans; Editor: Adam Wolffbrandt; Videographers: Mito Habe-Evans, Mike Katzif, Adam Wolffbrandt; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Special Thanks: Mark and Rachel Dibner of the Argus Fund; Executive Producer: Anya Grundman
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Tiny desk ! Tiny desk!
@ratchapel8974
6 жыл бұрын
How dose he not have one yet
@Alavey
5 жыл бұрын
♠️ I still them to make that happen!!!!
@Opqosite
4 жыл бұрын
@@ratchapel8974 They probably asked him to come through, and this was his response: a tiny boat concert.
@Rhababerschorle
3 жыл бұрын
still waiting..
@ameliak715
3 жыл бұрын
Tiny boat! Tiny boat!
Mac offers such a free and peaceful place to escape. Thats why I love his music.
@lukascoelho4421
Жыл бұрын
100% agreement! His voice, those instrumentals, those lyrics, I really love his music.
"Is it wrong? To think my love could really help you out. It's simply just my stubborn heart, no doubt, rambling away" God Demarco is such a good writer
The greatest artist of my generation. AT LEAST IN MY HEART, DAMN IT!
@ewanmacintosh8562
5 жыл бұрын
Dinastía Chow Fan everyone’s heart
I am officially in love with Mac DeMarco...
I don’t know why people are saying he needs a proper tiny desk, if anything this is better than anything I could’ve expected or asked from them, so chill I love it
@r3dsnow757
7 ай бұрын
hard to tell if you're sarcastic 🤣 or don't know Tiny Desk
HAHA- This is so GOOD!!! funky film a about FUNKY FUNKY dude!!!
Please NPR, give us a Tiny Desk Concert with Mac, prettypleeeeeasewithacherryontop!
Used to listen to a lot of Mac all along on the river beaches in the start of my 20s. I was in love like never before and experiencing some of the most spiritually cleansing days of my life. A timeless period in my memories I'm so glad to have had Mac performing the score for :')
this video brings me more peace than i could ever explain to anyone.
When u see Mac with a cigarrette u know that going to be a masterpiece ❤
the title should be in Portuguese "Mac Demarco de Barco" or "De Barco com Demarco"
@pytersan
6 жыл бұрын
Acho que o ideal seria "Mac DeBarco"
@willgb4198
5 жыл бұрын
heuheueheueh
@anathorpe4044
5 жыл бұрын
@@pytersan genial
@TheZakMan
5 жыл бұрын
@@pytersan EAUHAEUHAEUHAEHUAEUH, Mac DeBarco!
@noods3979
4 жыл бұрын
Sopa de macaco uma delicia
When u find out u lived near Mac DeMarco but u didn’t discover his music yet 😢
Ocean fit perfectly as ambient
Mac is the man a lot of his live performances sound better than the recorded version’s amazing!!!
listening to your music while seeing the skyscrapers of Dubai is quite sad, i feel like a worm in this city
So beautiful, this keeps me at peace
This makes me feel so at peace
the cloud at 1:47 is shaped exactly like france.
@salsberry8287
7 жыл бұрын
hey ur right
@kkvvdd
7 жыл бұрын
squeeze it a bit like a marshmallow then yea
@personalidadestercermundis7679
7 жыл бұрын
Andy King woke
@LeWiS2K9SMUDGEMOONED
7 жыл бұрын
not hexagon enough
@NathanKt
6 жыл бұрын
hahah mais tellement pas
i love this video, like its genuinely of my favs!
This is the greatest video Ive ever seen thank you npr
the one and only who could perform his songs in the moving boat on a water rather in a recording studio
1:46 --> Amazing France shaped cloud
@rustyjames1727
4 жыл бұрын
Keep that to yourself buddy. This is America!
@blueberrymilc
3 жыл бұрын
@@rustyjames1727 this is the internet
@chrisw0624
3 жыл бұрын
@@rustyjames1727 you’re weird
I wanna record a song on a boat in a lake. Dammit.
@federicoguinand9451
6 жыл бұрын
just do so, not that hard tbh
@stardustcollective.
4 жыл бұрын
Next to one of America’s busiest airports
@bobsmith12345
11 ай бұрын
@@federicoguinand9451 aged well lol
This is pure
How did I miss this? Took me 3 years to find this Mac video.
I love his quaint little life
Even though this is old, still great
this brings me peace
This is rad.
thanks for the recommendation youtube, I needed this
you're wonderful, don't stop making music.
most beautiful man ever
It made me feel calm...
first sentence and i go "this is my favorite person, love him"
THANK YOU
Mac would fit right in on a Wes Anderson movie
Te amo Mac
@tvc670
4 ай бұрын
te quiero mucho maau 🥺
Mac is a Stoney motherfuckin dude, this is him in his natural element and I love it
WE STILL NEED A MAC DEMARCO TINY DESK CONCERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
o sossego incomensurável que essa versão the "no other heart" traz ❤️
I love this man
i like how the song name waves with water, good detail
Top 100 Videos EVER in my opinion 🎥
Really beautiful stuff
if i could be another person for a little while, i’d be mac
Esse vídeo é pura arte!
@lukascoelho4421
Жыл бұрын
Eu concordo MUITOOOOO, e por sinal, vc tem muito bom gosto! BR's also have a good taste for music.
@woozyneck
8 ай бұрын
@@lukascoelho4421 nosso país é grande pra caralho, temos um dos pais mais culturais do mundo.
Get on his level bois
@paisenpaisen
4 жыл бұрын
you could say he’s ‘on the level’ huh
amo esta cancion
great song !!
this is real nice
Get my boy Mac a full tiny desk concert!
I love mac demarco❤️
So humble
Mac is so indie without even trying .
This is like the perfect office episode of the office was this
Such a cool video!
Kinda sad my birthday will be almost exactly like Mac's.... its lonely but somewhat nice.
Please make a tiny desk with Mac, I need that in my life urgently!
I hate that I laughed at the ropes pun.
So good
Oh to be a mac demarco floating in a boat at sea 🌊
i love you mac
great fragment!
ah this is so cool!
Absolute tune at 3:43
2:51 waking up and forgetting where you are be like
I didn't realise until this song of how similar Mac Demarco's voice is to Harry Nilsson's.
The best npr
Big Mac fan, how did I never find this video before?
@thatbytc
2 ай бұрын
because you were maybe pooing at your bath.
Falta re poco para verlo en Argentina en el Lollapaluza!!!!😢😊
Beauty
Que lindooo!!!
@musufdskk4429
2 жыл бұрын
Sim
@NPRMusic tienen que hacer un tiny desk con Mac Demarco por favor!!
happy birthday to him
I LOVE MACCCCCCC
How has he not been on a Gorillaz album? Him and Damon would be perfect together
and no other, heaaaaart, WILL DOU
Idk i love this guy
This video is so romantic and artistic that was painted by David Friedrich.
How’ve i never seen this 🫣
Nice song
Does anybody know what synth he’s using here? Also, this is Tiny Deck.
Yeah, life is good.
Imagine if tiny desk went on Spotify
happy birthday :)
Love love love 1:39
his la blogotheque performance magnificent, this npr performance mucho perfecto. he should try doing it in a rainforest. comeback to the bee
tssss the coolest man
can we get this on vinyl please?
My current state of mind prevents me from singing along lol
@balas9483
3 жыл бұрын
U good now?
@haizi7179
3 жыл бұрын
@@balas9483 incredible actually (: i was in a very negative headspace when i commented this so it's nice being able to look back. Don't forget that ONLY YOU can dig yourself out of your own hole. Thanks for asking, hope all is good for you.
@balas9483
3 жыл бұрын
@@haizi7179 thanks for the words man
@roamingbuffalostudios541
3 жыл бұрын
@@haizi7179
@matty_daddy
Жыл бұрын
@@haizi7179 how are you now?
mac demarco we need to collaborate wed make such an epic song
Gold
MAC DEMARCO TINI DESK CONCERT PLEASEEEEEE!!!
Sick
Brazil 🐐
Is it possible to be Demarcosexual?
@bryanfabiancerros4321
6 жыл бұрын
Adan BC oui!
@DakotaSshow
6 жыл бұрын
I hope so
@Joe-wq4mo
6 жыл бұрын
it is now
@oliverseddon7950
5 жыл бұрын
ah. takes me back to the thugs I'd say about celebrities I had crushes on before I realised I was bi.
@octaviocastro8238
3 жыл бұрын
don't think so
What kind of recording gear was most likely used for this one??? Looks like simple but sounds so good
Here because I also have the birthday blues
@McDoinky
4 ай бұрын
@nameface6934 is that a friend of yours?
We share a birthday Mac Love u
@brandon-ty7lh
4 жыл бұрын
Meatwood Flac you guys are both taurus