Mac DeMarco has released a 199-song album of nearly 9 hours long.

Mac DeMarco has released a 199-song album of nearly 9 hours long.

The record – out today (April 21) – spans nearly nine hours and is comprised of songs written between 2018 and 2023. Some songs have proper titles such as ‘Ball For The Coach’, ‘Goodnight Baby’, ‘Father Of The Year’ and ‘Stratocaster’, while the majority of the songs are titled with the dates they were recorded on and listed chronologically.

Comprising nearly 200 songs recorded between 2018 and 2023, One Wayne G lasts for a total of nearly nine hours.

The songs are listed on the album in the chronological order of recording, with the majority titled simply by their recording date, eg: “20190826.”

‘One Wayne G’ comes three months after DeMarco released the instrumental album ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ in January. Each song featured on ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ was recorded and mixed in the corresponding city named in its title. The tracklist reflects the chronological order in which the tunes were produced, beginning with ‘Gualala’ and ending with ‘Rockaway’.

Prior to ‘One Wayne G’, DeMarco’s fourth and most recent studio album, ‘Here Comes the Cowboy’, came out back in 2019. Last year, the singer-songwriter told NME that he was working on a “so called record” while focussing on “living a happy life”.

Fans reacted in shock to the nature of the new release, sharing their thoughts on social media.

“I’m going to be feasting this weekend let’s goo,” one person wrote.

“This is crazy,” wrote another. “I’m going to slowly make my way through this album.”

“Only Mac DeMarco could just outta the blue drop an EIGHT HOUR album, most tracks just named in number order… absolute madhead,” someone else commented.