Regarding the album's lyrical content, DeMarco consciously decided to write a more personal record than its predecessor, 2 (2012), stating there wouldn't be any songs about "absolutely nothing", and that he "need to get this shit out". The mood for Salad Days is, 'Fuck man! I was just on tour for a year and a half and I'm tired!'" I wanted to transition without changing the vibe too much. On the sound of Salad Days, DeMarco said: "I didn't want to freak anybody out with a huge sound change. I've always had some kind of plateau that I wanted to reach, and now I just can't see the next one." Writing and composition
DeMarco noted that he felt "fuckin' bummed out", upon the tour's completion, stating: "I feel sort of weathered and beat down and grown up all of a sudden. But, for our money, the real stand-out on Salad Days is sun-warped slow jam "Chamber Of Refection", which finds Mac acting out his wildest Shuggie Otis fantasies amongst pitch-shifted synths.DeMarco recorded Salad Days in his apartment, in the Bedford–Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York, following an extensive tour in support of his debut releases, Rock and Roll Night Club and 2, both of which were released in 2012. Take your pick from the breezy surf-pop of "Let Her Go", the slacker-blues of "Brother" or the ramshackle psychedelia of "Passing Out Pieces", with its "Strawberry Fields"-style organ. His second LP-proper is another case in point: lurking underneath all those ever-so-slightly detuned, drunken guitars and drawling vocals, is a wealth of properly-timeless songwriting.
7digital What we said: Mac DeMarco might goof about more often than most, but there’s no denying that he always delivers the goods sonically.
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