Mac DeMarco (Canadian indie) Salad Days LP 2014 NEW SEALED download card

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Mac DeMarco

Salad Days

Captured Tracks Records CT-193 2014 12" 33rpm (USA)

Salad Days is the second full-length studio album by Canadian musician Mac DeMarco released on April 1, 2014 through Captured Tracks.

DeMarco recorded Salad Days in his apartment, in the Bedford–Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York, following an extensive tour in support of his debut releases, Rock and Roll Night Club and 2, both of which were released in 2012. DeMarco noted that he felt "fuckin' bummed out,” upon the tour's completion, stating: "I feel sort of weathered and beat down and grown up all of a sudden. I've always had some kind of plateau that I wanted to reach, and now I just can't see the next one.”

On the sound of Salad Days, DeMarco said: "I didn't want to freak anybody out with a huge sound change. I wanted to transition without changing the vibe too much. The mood for Salad Days is, 'Fuck man! I was just on tour for a year and a half and I'm tired!"

Regarding the album's lyrical content, DeMarco consciously decided to write a more personal record than its predecessor, 2 (2012), stating there wouldn't be any songs about "absolutely nothing,” and that he "need[ed] to get this shit out." Three of the album's tracks focus upon his long-term girlfriend Kiera McNally, with "Let My Baby Stay" referencing the couple's decision to move from Montreal, Canada to Brooklyn: "She's essentially an illegal immigrant in America. Her ability to enter and exit the States is threatened, so that's a stress for me, and it's pretty much all my fault."

The track, "Chamber of Reflection", references a freemasonry concept, which DeMarco subsequently likened to his home studio: "It's a room people go into before you're initiated into freemasonry. It's like a meditation room, and they lock you in there for a period of time. The purpose is to reflect on what you've done in your life already and move on from it. I think that's what I did in [my home studio] right here. It was actually therapeutic. I feel a little enlightened, a little less heavy."

On January 12, 2014 Mac DeMarco told CKUA Radio Network that his second studio album would be titled Salad Days and would be released in April. He also performed three new songs: "Treat Her Better", "Salad Days" and "Let Her Go". The next day, he announced 36 tour dates in North America, South America and Europe. On January 21, the release date of April 1, the track listing and album cover were revealed. That day also saw the release of the first single, "Passing Out Pieces" and the album was made available for pre-order in the iTunes Store with an immediate download for "Passing Out Pieces". The second single, "Brother", was released on March 6.

Upon its release, Salad Days was met with critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83 based on 27 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

The album is a shortlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.

Tracklist
A1  Salad Days  
A2  Blue Boy  
A3  Brother  
A4  Let Her Go  
A5  Goodbye Weekend  
A6  Let My Baby Stay  
B1  Passing Out Pieces  
B2  Treat Her Better  
B3  Chamber Of Reflection  
B4  Go Easy  
B5  Jonny's Odyssey  

    Recorded At – Jizz Jazz Studios
    Mastered At – Bonati Mastering

    Layout – Ryan McCardle
    Mastered By – Josh Bonati
    Photography By – Coley Brown
    Typography – Stefan Marx
    Written-By, Performer, Recorded By – Mac DeMarco

Recorded in Brooklyn, NY in October 2013.
Gatefold cover includes inner sleeve with lyrics, a double-sided poster and a dropcard for a free mp3 download of the album.

Vinyl LP in a gatefold hard card picture sleeve is NEW AND SEALED