Mac DeMarco
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Mac DeMarco performing at Austin City Limits 2014
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| Birth name | Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV |
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April 30, 1990 Duncan, British Columbia, Canada |
| Origin | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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| Years active | 2008-present |
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McBriare Samuel Lanyon "Mac" DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV, April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is best known for his solo career, during which he has released four studio albums, Rock and Roll Night Club (2012), 2 (2012), Salad Days (2014), and Another One (2015). His style of music has been creatively described as "blue wave", "slacker rock", or self-described by DeMarco as "jizz jazz".
Mac DeMarco was born in Duncan, British Columbia and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. During high school he was in several bands, including The Meat Cleavers, The Sound of Love and Outdoor Miners (named after a song by English rock band Wire). His great-grandfather is Vernor Smith, Alberta's former Minister of Railways and Telephones, for whom DeMarco was named. His mother later changed his name to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco. DeMarco is also of Italian descent.
After graduating from Strathcona High School in Edmonton in 2008, he moved to Vancouver. Living in the Killarney neighbourhood, he released a self-produced album, Heat Wave, calling himself Makeout Videotape in 2009. The album sold out its 500-unit run. DeMarco worked on "psychedelic" video projects during this time. He was joined by Alex Calder and Jen Clement, signed to Unfamiliar Records, and toured with Vancouver band Japandroids in 2009. In 2011, DeMarco moved from Vancouver to Montreal to begin recording as a solo artist. Failing to find work as a musician, he participated in medical experiments for money and worked on a road paving crew. In early 2012, he released an EP titled Rock and Roll Night Club. The four-track-recorded album features skits and slowed-down vocals. It impressed his new label Captured Tracks enough that they agreed to release a full-length album. This release, entitled 2, was received well by critics, garnering a "Best New Music" designation from Pitchfork Media. One of his songs, "Moving Like Mike", was licensed by U.S. retail outlet Target for a commercial.
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