![]() On The Level is 80s American wine bar muzak you could nicely nod off to if it weren’t for the two-note synth riff jolting you awake. Moonlight On The River hooks you in through swirly melodic hypnosis. The drawback to an album this dreamy is the lack of a track to leap up and bite you. Tonally, it has a lot in common with Beck’s Sea Change – mellow, with a mild melancholia. Those woozy melodic shifts are still in evidence, but instrumentation is much more straightforward – acoustic guitar thin, delicate drums an electric guitar that’s only lightly treated, rather than wavering quite so giddily all over the shop. It’s less spiky than the Canadian’s previous work too. Nothing as jaunty as Cooking Up Something Good or The Way You’d Love Her here. It doesn’t need or want to.Įven by DeMarco’s previous standards this third album proper is laid back. It pootles along the Pacific coastline, arm out the window, maybe pulling over for a dip in the ocean, or a nostalgic beer with an old buddy. This Old Dog is an album that does the latter. Then there are times to take your foot off the gas, cruise, enjoy the scenery. ![]() There are times to put pedal to metal and get places fast.
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