Mac DeMarco

McBriare Samuel Lanyon "Mac" DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV, April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut Rock and Roll Night Club (2012), 2 (2012), Salad Days (2014), Another One (2015), This Old Dog (2017), and Here Comes the Cowboy (2019). His style of music has been described as "blue wave" and "slacker rock", or, by DeMarco himself, "jizz jazz".\n', ' DeMarco was born in Duncan, British Columbia, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. For junior high, he went to McKernan School. During high school he was in several bands, including indie rock band the Meat Cleavers, alternative R&B group the Sound of Love and post-punk band Outdoor Miners, which was named after a song by English rock band Wire. His great-grandfather is Vernor Smith, Alberta\'s former Minister of Railways and Telephones, for whom DeMarco was named.; his grandfather (also named Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith) was a judge of the Court of Queen\'s Bench of Alberta. His mother later changed his name to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco. DeMarco is also of Italian descent.\n', ' After graduating from Strathcona High School in Edmonton in 2008, he became a backing musician. After that, he moved to Vancouver.\n', '