Last month, Mac DeMarco shared “Nobody,” the lead single from his forthcoming album, Here Comes The Cowboy. The LP follows 2017’s This Old Dog, and today, we hear its second offering. DeMarco has just premiered “All Of Our Yesterdays” via Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show.

Although DeMarco says “All Of Our Yesterdays” was his attempt to write an Oasis song, it slinks on the same languid plane as “Nobody.” It’s a mellow acceptance of passing time. “All of our yesterdays have gone now,” he repeats over a warm, guitar-driven melody. “That don’t mean your dream is over/ That don’t make your heart slower.”

DeMarco played every instrument on “All Of Our Yesterdays,” and Here Comes The Cowboy as a whole, aside from Alec Meen’s keyboards on select tracks. He mixed and engineered the record alongside his traveling sound engineer, Joe Santarpia.

In a statement, DeMarco reveals he drew the phrase “all of our yesterdays” from Shakespeare’s Macbeth. “I had just seen a documentary about Oasis before writing this song, and I was trying to write a gigantic rock and roll hit with my renewed love for the band,” he adds.

Read his full statement:

Hi everybody, Mac here. Here’s my new song, it’s called ‘All Of Our Yesterdays.’ This was the first song I wrote in the sequence of songs that appear on my new record. Most of the rest of the songs were written in November right before we went on tour in Europe, but this one’s probably from about seven or eight months before that. I left it sitting with only one verse done for a long time, then finished it up while I was writing the rest of the record. The phrase ‘all of our yesterdays’ comes from the play Macbeth. Also I think there’s a Star Trek episode from 1969 with the same title; very cool. I had just seen a documentary about Oasis before writing this song, and I was trying to write a gigantic rock and roll hit with my renewed love for the band. I didn’t really get close to that at all, but I’m happy with the song that came out hahahahaha. I hope you enjoy, have a nice day. See ya later.

Listen to “All Of Our Yesterdays” below.

TOUR DATES
04/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
04/13 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
04/20 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
04/27 – Virginia Beach, VA @ Something in the Water
05/07 – Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery – Outdoor Amphitheater Stage
05/09 – Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theatre
05/10 – Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
05/11 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo – SOLD OUT
05/12 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
05/13 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox Sodo
05/15 – Blue Lake, CA @ Blue Lake Casino
05/16 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades – SOLD OUT
05/18 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
05/19 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
05/20 – Big Sur, CA @ The Henry Miller Library
05/21 – Big Sur, CA @ Fernwood Resort
05/22 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Expo Center at Madonna Inn
05/30 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound 06/01 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
06/02 – London, UK @ All Points East Festival
06/11 – Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center w/ Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
06/12 – Dallas, TX @ Toyota Music Factory w/ Anderson. Paak & The Free Nationals
06/14 – Austin, TX @ Long Center Lawn Amphitheater
06/16 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo
06/26 – Glasgow, UK @ Kelvingrove Bandstand – SOLD OUT Thu.
06/27 – Halifax, UK @ Halifax Piece Hall
06/29 – Margate, UK @ Dreamland
06/30 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/02 – Gothenburg, SE @ Pustervik
07/03 – Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
07/04 – Stockholm, SE @ München Brewery
07/06 – Herouville-Saint-Clair, FR @ Festival Beauregard
07/08 – Milan, IT@ Magnolia
07/10 – Lyon, FR @ Les Nuits de Fourvière
07/12 – Trencin, SK @ Pohoda Festival
07/14 – Dublin, IE @ Iveagh Gardens Sun. 08/04 – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga
08/06 – Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell
09/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
09/20 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
09/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall (Outdoors)
09/22 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre Boston
09/24 – Toronto, ON @ Woodbine Park
09/26 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre
09/27 – Detroit, MI @ Masonic Temple Theatre
09/28 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre – SOLD OUT
09/29 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
10/01 – Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater
10/02 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
10/03 – East Moline, IL @ The Rust Belt
10/04 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
10/06 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
11/06 – 11/09 – Reykjavik, IS @ Iceland Airwaves
11/09 – Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA
11/10 – Hamburg, DE @ Grosse Freiheit 36
11/11 – Berlin, DE @ Columbiahalle
11/13 – Brussels, BE @ AB Main Hall
11/15 – Paris, FR @ Zenith Sat.
11/16 – Rennes, FR @ Liberté Sun.
11/17 – Lille, FR @ Aeronef
11/19 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso

CREDIT: Christine Lai

Here Comes The Cowboy is out 5/10 via Mac’s Record Label.