Details: Mac DeMarco's debut full length, 2, released in 2012, cleaned up the songwriter's warped take on soft rock and brought it to a broader audience. Given DeMarco's affinity for keeping things lo-fi - 2 was the first time he'd bothered to record demos - it's revealing to hear these songs in their most embryonic form. The performances here are a little looser and the sound a little hazier than on the actual LP, lending an atmosphere of dreamy vulnerability, especially to ballads like "Annie" and the Lennon-esque "Sherrill."

Tracklist:

Cooking Up Something Good
Dreaming
Freaking Out the Neighborhood
Annie
Ode to Viceroy
Robson Girl
The Stars Keep on Calling My Name
My Kind of Woman
Boe Zaah
Sherrill
Still Together

Mac DeMarco - 2 (Vinyl LP)