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Its discouraging having your ideas and intentions scrutinized and distorted.
No one with an audience is above being challenged or questioned.
In a perfect world, this keeps the discourse healthy.
In a gruesome, fallen world, it leads to a lot of the old coliseum-style bloodlust.
DeMarco swears he hadnt heard the Mitski album.
His persona is a mix of kitsch and genuine self-destruction that people never quite knew how to process.
Some laugh at it; others laugh with it.
Mac himself seems exhausted.
He wanted to fly under the radar this year.
Here Comes the Cowboyfeels like a hangover, in both mood and pace.
The albums cowpoke theme goes out the window with track one, though.
This isnt Mac DeMarcos country album, and it isnt a crude prank on indie-rock fans.
Its impossible to make a move without alienating someone.
Sometimes theyre profound, and sometimes theyre not.
Hey Cowgirl talks a partner into a new living situation that costs her the comfort of the open country.
(Hey cowgirl, sure as hell aint no stars down the dairy aisle.)
Choo Choo undercooks and oversimplifies the same theme of travel and companionship.
