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Last time Mac DeMarco was in town - six years ago to the month - it would’ve been unthinkable that he’d ever leave it so long between visits.

Ever since his first appearance in Manchester, opening for DIIV at the Deaf Institute in November of 2012, he’d made a mockery of the slacker rock tag often applied to him on account of his hazy, minimalistic brand of songwriting; he toured constantly up to 2019, playing everywhere from the Roadhouse to the Apollo, via Victoria Warehouse and even Parklife.

In the process, he made a slew of records, including the modern classic likes of 2, Salad Days and This Old Dog, albums that turned him into one of the 21st century’s great indie rock cult figures.

Then, the pandemic hit, and a host of strange things happened. First, DeMarco clean

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