2 (Colored Vinyl)

Mac DeMarco's debut full-length album, 2, released in 2012 and brought the songwriter's warped take on soft rock to a significantly broader audience. The record is a concerted effort to produce a cohesive work that showcases Mac's natural ability as a songwriter, singer and producer. Having just acquired a new arsenal of recording gear following the release of Rock And Roll Night Club, the fidelity of 2 substantially improved without compromising the immediacy and organic quality of his prior releases under any monicker. It's revealing to hear these songs in their most embryonic form on 2 Demos, given DeMarco's affinity for keeping things lo-fi (2 was the first time he'd even bothered to record demos). The performances here are a little looser and the sound a little hazier than on the official LP, lending an atmosphere of dreamy vulnerability, especially to ballads like "Annie" and the Lennon-esque "Sherrill.

• 1 Cooking Up Something Good
• 2 Dreaming
• 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
• 12 Cooking Up Something Good (Demo)
• 13 Stars Keep Calling My Name (Demo)
• 14 Dreamin' Slow (Demo)
• 15 Lonely Shredder (Demo)
• 16 Robson Girl (Demo)
• 17 Annie (Demo)
• 18 Harrison Ford Escort (Demo)
• 19 Sherrill (Demo)
• 20 My Kind of Woman (Instrumental) Demo (Instrumental)
• 21 Dreamin' Fast (Demo)