Here Comes The Cowboy
by Mac DeMarco

Uneven and often severely under-cooked, but not as large of a misstep as some critics have made it out to be.

This record is the sound of an exhausted man letting his mind wander and not meddling with the product too much. I think I heard somewhere that this was recorded in two weeks and I believe it. It's more of a tired stream of consciousness than a fully-realized product.

There's an honest kind of intimacy that it delivers with its simplicity, but his finest record "This Old Dog" certainly did so in a more convincing way.

Here Comes The Cowboy has its moments (primarily the singles, which were all solid), but it's Mac's weakest album.

Favorite Tracks: Finally Alone, K, Nobody, On the Square

Least Favorite: Choo Choo

From luigybetis TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/10/2019 13:19 | #236095

Solid album, Mac is still making great songs even by keeping close to his original style. Probably my favorite album of this year by today. 8+/10.

I feel like Mac's getting burned out. Sure, he was burned out on Salad Days, but he was able to channel his laziness into an artistic theme and signature sound. Here for the most part he just sounds like he's given up. There are some great songs on here like On The Square and Nobody, but most of the album is just filler.

From DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/04/2019 19:49 | #237103

Uber laid-back, total no-care attitude at its peak. DeMarco gets too lazy for his own good at parts on Here Come's The Cowboy, especially on the first half. And who the actual f*ck knows what Choo Choo is about.

Look past the weaker moment, especially from 'K' onwards however, and it's as competent as a daisy chain, and just as delicate too. There's a potency to the thoughts conveyed in his lyrics, and the closeness you get almost makes the record feel like you're in some lounge session with the bloke as he takes requests for the evening.

One for the fans, no doubt - it's a hard sell that's for sure - but it's that very nature that makes it such a lush, quaint record. Companionship in every note, with a stellar roundness to the production and and a mute, green-washed warmth to its delivery.

In the first notes of the fifth album of the slack-rocker Mac DeMarco, a question arises: would the singer-songwriter be taking us somewhere else? It will soon be down on earth, this introduction very Rocky Racoon was only illusion. From the second track, the single "Nobody", we find this good old Mac who scratches his strings detuned in jangle pop mode, who sings without too much hurry. We wait patiently for a few songs to find something new. The sixth track is called "Choo Choo", an obscure jam with more funk and tempo. Once again, we're there, great, we're getting on board with you, Mac ... and it falls back into his comfort zone right after. But it's always nice to listen to some Mac DeMarco!

5/10