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Another One

Mac DeMarco

Another One

Mini album from Canadian singer-songwriter, recorded in his home in Queens, New York

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Captured Tracks
UK Release date
07/08/2015
US Release date
07/08/2015
  1. 8.3 |   Paste Magazine

    Another solid entry into an esteemed and well-loved catalog
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  2. 8.3 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    His guitar is constantly shitfaced, and production always sounds like it took place in a sock. But mine a little deeper, and all of a sudden, Another One is the most technically refined album DeMarco has produced
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  3. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    There is plenty of songwriting skill on show, with expressive execution. There is also plenty of charm, and as usual, convention is rarely adhered to
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  4. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Repeated listening makes it hard not to see the album as some sort of quasi-confessional mini-masterpiec
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  5. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Odd, inimitable and thoroughly charming
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  6. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Joy and despair waltz together like old friends
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  7. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    DeMarco is a master at finding the silver lining in every dark cloud
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  8. 8.0 |   NME

    To be able to write with universality is the mark of a songwriter’s ambition growing, and here Mac DeMarco is transitioning into one of the best around
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  9. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Just eight tracks, it’s over far too soon
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  10. 8.0 |   The Music

    Another One is a great sequel to Salad Days. Enough of the same to keep fans of the original happy, with just enough new stuff to make sure it never feels like a rehash or remake
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  11. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Golden, brushed and burnished songs that largely explore the traditions of heartache
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  12. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Another One plays like a short conversation with a heartbroken DeMarco
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  13. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Mac might just be one of the hardest-working and most down-to-earth guys in rock n’ roll. Now that he’s put his sensitive side on display, it’s difficult to be anything but totally charmed
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  14. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    While the record musically and thematically aligns itself a little too closely to its predecessor, that would be a stronger critique if the formula didn’t continue to work so effectively
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  15. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    If you like DeMarco, you'll like Another One. It's like a novella, or a made-for-TV movie—something to chew on while we wait for the next major project
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  16. 7.0 |   Spin

    It’s DeMarco’s plea for mundanity, but the occasionally brilliant results — both in the crisp production and brave sincerity — counteract the point
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  17. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The album's thematic cohesion and DeMarco's unfussy, uncomplicated songwriting is reliably gratifying
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  18. 7.0 |   Uncut

    His lysergic balladry and hangdog puppy love have an unbeatable effortlessness. Print edition only

  19. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Another One continues to flex DeMarco’s unique gifts for phrasing and double meanings
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  20. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    DeMarco has created some of his most uncanny music, the sort of melodies that seem to have been around forever but were only created a few months ago
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  21. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    In no way has this release just been thrown together - in a lot of ways, it feels more cohesive than Salad Days actually did
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  22. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    These songs have a charm that's aching and amiable
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  23. 7.0 |   Clash

    'Another One' doesn't attempt anything new. What it lacks by way of revelation, it more than makes up for in satisfaction
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  24. 7.0 |   Crack

    The charismatic everyman is growing and expanding, and while there aren’t as many earworms to be found here, he’s hopelessly endearing – even with a broken heart
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  25. 6.7 |   Earbuddy

    There are a couple relatively interesting moments on Another One, but otherwise DeMarco’s hooky, leggy, Human-Centipede-of-an-album doesn’t exactly raise the roof or raise any eyebrows
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  26. 6.0 |   Time Out

    It’s like someone telling you how much they miss their ex, over and over again
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  27. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Finds “Mac” mostly wearing the one mask of lovelorn melancholia, blurrily animating the most egregious clichés with a certain warped and oddly believable charm
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  28. 6.0 |   DIY

    It’s a relief to find DeMarco peering out the other side of fame, but he’s not fully testing himself
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  29. 6.0 |   The Independent

    A genial set
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  30. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Though nothing on this record gives the impression of being overthought, there’s a familiar strangeness to his songwriting too
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  31. 6.0 |   Q

    Circling the plughole of heartbreak, with stop-offs into anguish, picque and confusion. Print edition only

  32. 4.0 |   musicOMH

    There’s not much to get your teeth into, with the album split between songs falling into either the bittersweet or the jaunty sharing the same tempo, instrumentation and weightless words delivered from under a sonic duvet
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