![]() And beyond DeMarco’s evident maturation, this track is nothing new. Contrary to what critics might say, in the context of DeMarco’s past two releases, “Chamber of Reflection”, along with the rest of Salad Days, is not so much an uncharted exploration as it is a refined introspection–a reflective and thoughtful step back more than an unprecedented step forward. However the song is touted as DeMarco’s “largest and most apparent step forward”, and his “most atmospheric exploration yet”, pigeonholing the track as a deliberate demarcation from the rest of his discography. The song plays out like a haunted carnival on a hot summer night, with DeMarco repeating the phrase “Alone, again” over the slow, saccharine drone of distorted organs. In just about every review of Salad Days that I’ve read, critics agreed on “Chamber of Reflection”, as one of the standout tracks, and they aren’t wrong. ![]() But I won’t, because we would both end up feeling warm, tired, and bored. I could gush to you about sunshine, slackers, springtime, and salad for days, and you could post up on Proctor Terrace, pop a benadryl, and watch the mid-april snow melt off as quickly as it came. So crack open a window, let the warm air rush in, and put Salad Days on repeat, because it could be the soundtrack to your spring. Within the first lines of his latest album, Salad Days, DeMarco carelessly throws around the idea of mortality as as one might discard a dirty sock “rolling through life, you roll over and die.” DeMarco then tosses a few more “la-la-la la-las” onto the pile of dirty laundry and floats by for the rest of the album on alternating waves of humor, loneliness, love, melancholy and light-hearted bliss. ![]() Thumbs up if you’re here because of Mac DemarcoĪ slacker sweetheart in his songs and a grimy goofball on stage, the 23 year-old Mac DeMarco is hard to dislike. Posted in: Eclectic, Electronic, Hip Hop, Jazz, Music, Rock See Top 30 CHAMBER OF REFLECTION: Mac DeMarco & Japanese Jazz
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