Mac DeMarco Announces New Album 'Five Easy Hot Dogs'
Wednesday, 04 January 2023
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Kiera McNally
Mac DeMarco has announced a new album.
'Five Easy Hot Dogs' is due for release through Mac’s Record Label on January 20, with a vinyl release set to follow on May 12. It follows up 2019's 'Here Comes The Cowboy'.
The album is a 14-song collection of instrumental recordings, with each cut recorded and mixed in its titular city, and the tracklist reflecting the chronological order of the songs' production. DeMarco said:
“The plan was to start driving north, and not go home to Los Angeles until I was done with a record. Kind of like being on tour, except there weren’t any shows, and I’d just be burning money.
“Some places I stayed longer in than others, some of them I knew from the past, others not so much. I tried to keep things busy all the time. If I didn’t know what was up in a city, I’d just walk around ‘til someone recognized me and go from there. I met a lot of interesting people this way, and had a bunch of cool experiences.
“I had my guitars with me, a bass, a weird little drum kit with a kick drum we sawed in half in Golden Gate Park, all the stands and cabling I’d need, a couple of mics, an old model D, and a TX7. I wound up picking a bunch of stuff as I went as well, trying to keep it as travel friendly as possible though.”
“The nature of ripping around and recording and traveling in this manner doesn’t lend well to sitting around and planning or thinking about what it was that I was setting out to do," he continued. "I didn’t ever have a sound in mind, or a theme or anything, I would just start recording. Luckily the collection of recordings from this period all shake hands, they have a present musical identity as a whole. I was in it while I was in it, and this is what came out of it, just the way it was.
“This record sounds like what rolling around like that feels like. I hope you enjoy.”
Head below to check out the artwork and tracklist for 'Five Easy Hot Dogs'.
'Five Easy Hot Dogs' tracklist:
Gualala
Gualala 2
Crescent City
Portland
Portland 2
Victoria
Vancouver
Vancouver 2
Vancouver 3
Edmonton
Edmonton 2
Chicago 1
Chicago 2
Rockaway
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