'And on this album it merged a little bit more than it usually does.' 'There's a congruency between the music that I've made before, the music people expect me to listen to, and the music that I actually do listen to,' he said. As he wrote the album, DeMarco said, he was listening to folk rock greats Paul Simon and James Taylor - but also Japanese early-generation synthesizer music, which he sampled on 'Salad Days,' giving his sound an occasional psychedelic air. 'This Old Dog' preserves DeMarco's trademarks but turns more to acoustic guitar. He plays every instrument in the studio and has a quickly recognizable lo-fi sound - honed on his last full-length album, 2014's 'Salad Days' - with a gentle reverb on his guitar enveloping the melody. Sometimes described as part of a subgenre of 'slacker rock,' he exudes nonchalance with songs whose mellow arrangements disguise undertones of melancholy.ĭespite his persona, he is no musical slouch. 'A kid actually sent me 10 bucks on this app and the memo said, like, 'I listened too early.' And I don't have the app to accept his money.'ĭeMarco's carefree demeanor extends to his musical style. Or if you want to, download it for free,' he said. If you want to download it off iTunes, whatever. 'People want to have the picture cover or whatever - go buy it on vinyl.
