The delicate synth confessional "Hurt Me" also felt, as Eva puts it, "like something we hadn't explored yet." The entire record sounds like a new realm, from the deceptively easeful confessional "Capacity" to the propulsive, more classic pop of Hard To Believe". It's like, I'm still here, I'm not a person who is ruled by pain, I still like who I am." Album tracks "Chat Room" and "Young Enough" are new sonic lynchpins, as is the soaring, mini epic, "Fighting In The Dark". "You look around and go, how has the world not stopped? But it is also powerful. "You go through experiences of loss or extreme pain and you just keep moving," Eva says. Songwriting became a source of respite, and, eventually, redemption. But, for lead singer Eva Hendricks, the path of this evolution was fraught, as her lyrics inspired by a past abusive relationship show. Ĭharly Bliss - Young Enough CD/LP (Barsuk)Ĭharly Bliss has evolved from the bunch of scrappy upstarts behind their brash punk debut Guppy, to the confident, assured artists who have produced the comparatively dynamic and unapologetically pop Young Enough. The rusty old grinning pin on the front and back covers was purchased from a man in the mountains somewhere in the Nantahala National Forest between Chattanooga, TN and Asheville, NC. Traveling sound engineer, Joe Santarpia, helped shape the record, sharing engineering and mixing duties with DeMarco. These aren't the people I'm referring to." Nearly every instrument on the album was played by DeMarco, aside from keyboards on select tracks by touring member and close friend Alec Meen. Where I grew up there are many people that sincerely wear cowboy hats and do cowboy activities. Cowboy is a term of endearment to me I use it often when referring to people in my life. As described by DeMarco, "This one is my cowboy record.
Here Comes The Cowboy is Mac DeMarco's fourth full-length and debut release on his own record label, introduced by the waltzing lead single, "Nobody". Mac DeMarco - Here Comes The Cowboy CD/LP (Mac's Records Label)