Mac DeMarco has announced the release of his fourth studio album, ‘Here Comes the Cowboy‘. The album is due to be released on the 10th May this year on Mac’s Records Label, DeMarco’s new independent record company.
Speculation around the follow-up to 2017’s ‘This Old Dog‘ began when pictures of posters that contained details of the new album and its release date were found on Reddit. DeMarco later confirmed the release of his new album on his website. He has also released a new spaced out single taken from the album called ‘Nobody‘. The lead single also came with a memorable new music video, which sees Mac in heavy lizard makeup and a cowboy hat while singing the song.
Mac has said this to say of the new album on his website, “This one is my cowboy record. Cowboy is a term of endearment to me, I use it often when referring to people in my life. The rusty old grinning pin on the front and back covers of the record was purchased from a man in the mountains somewhere in the Nantahala National Forest between Chattanooga, TN and Asheville, NC. Where I grew up there are many people that sincerely wear cowboy hats and do cowboy activities, these aren’t the people I’m referring to. Before realizing that your surroundings don’t necessarily define who you are, I felt very uncomfortable in the company of that culture.”
This reveal came soon after Mac announced his own one-day festival that would be taking place at the Dreamland theme park in Margate, Kent. DeMarco is the headlining act of ‘Mac DeMarco… will see you now‘ and will also be curating the yet unreleased line-up of the event. The event is in partnership with London promoters Bird On The Wire, with whom DeMarco has collaborated many times. Fans are promised, “a day of music and rides”, in the English seaside town. This is not DeMarco’s only UK show in 2019 though, as he is also booked to play at All Points East festival on Sunday, June 2nd in east London.
Mac has drawn criticism from fans of singer-songwriter Mitski as his new album sounds similar to Mitski’s most recent release ‘Be The Cowboy‘ in 2018. ‘Nobody‘ is also a name of one of Mitski’s singles, which has drawn further criticism from fans. However, in response to the criticism, Mitski herself had this to say on Twitter, “haha! I’m 100% sure mac & I just went fishing in the same part of the collective unconscious! What’s wild is we have the same PR, so I LOVE my personal conspiracy theory that she heard the album+track titles but kept quiet thinking maybe some Mac fans will mistakenly find me loll. Anyway thanks for the laugh, Mac! Happy release!”.
Tickets for Mac’s Margate gig can be purchased here this Friday.
