Check out Mac DeMarco’s melancholic new song ‘Phantom’

Mac DeMarco has shared a melancholic new song called ‘Phantom’. Check it out below.

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The track, released today (August 20), marks the third and final preview of the songwriter’s forthcoming album, ‘Guitar’.

Throughout, the song captures a warm, yet lovelorn feeling. It sees DeMarco strip things back and lay his emotions out bare – calling out for someone or something that he’s lost.

“Sure, I’d give it up / Just for one more chance to say goodnight / Oh, my love, was it real or just fantasy? / Your phantom sits with me,” he sings in the blues-inspired opening verse.

Check it out in full below.

The song comes on the heels of the lead single ‘Home’, which seems to capture the overall mood of the new album, and also as a follow up to the second single, ‘Holy’. The latter was also a meditative track, and arrived last month.

‘Guitar’ was written and recorded entirely in November 2024 at DeMarco’s home in Los Angeles. For the release, the singer-songwriter and guitarist took on all aspects of the creative process, barring the mastering which was done by David Ives. De Marco shot the artwork, showing him and his dog, using tripods, and mixing the record in Canada.

“I think ‘Guitar’ is as close to a true representation of where I’m at in my life today as I can manage to put to paper,” he said, announcing the LP. “I’m happy to share this music, and look forward to playing these songs as many places as I’m able.”

It will be his sixth studio album and the follow-up to both 2023’s ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’ and the compilation ‘One Wayne G‘. It will arrive on Friday (August 22) via Mac’s Record Label and you can pre-order it here.

DeMarco will be touring around the UK and Europe in November, in between strings of North America and Asia dates. Find UK tickets here and international tickets here.

Mac DeMarco’s tour dates are:

SEPTEMBER
4 – Philadelphia, Franklin Music Hall
5 – Baltimore, The Lyric
8 – New York, Radio City Music Hall
9 – Boston, Roadrunner
20 – Berkeley, Greek Theatre
22 – Forest Grove, Grand Lodge
23 – Seattle, Paramount Theatre
24 – Vancouver, Queen Elizabeth Theatre
25 – Olympia, Capitol Theater: Olympia Film Society
27 – Petaluma, The Phoenix Theater
28 – Petaluma, The Phoenix Theater
29 – Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Bowl

OCTOBER
21 – Amsterdam, Paradiso
22 – Rotterdam, Maassilo
25 – Paris, Salle Pleyel
27 – Prague, Lucerna Velky Sal
28 – Hamburg, Docks
30 – Copenhagen, VEGA
31 – Stockholm, Fallan

NOVEMBER
1 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene
3 – Berlin, Columbiahalle
4 – Cologne, Carlswerk
5 – Brussels, Cirque Royal
8 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
9 – Brighton, Brighton Dome
10 – London, Eventim Apollo
12 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
13 – Bristol, UK @ The Prospect Building
14 – Manchester, Aviva Studios
17 – Dublin, National Stadium
18 – Dublin, National Stadium

DECEMBER
3 – Halifax, Light House
4 – Moncton, Tide & Boar
6 – Québec City, Palais Montcalm
7 – Montreal, MTelus
8 – Toronto, Massey Hall
9 – Toronto, Massey Hall
13 – Winnipeg, Burton Cummings Theatre
15 – Saskatoon, TCU Place
16 – Edmonton, Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
17 – Calgary, Mac Hall
19 – Victoria, Royal Theatre

FEBRUARY 2026
16 – Fukuoka, Japan, DRUM Be-1
17 – Osaka, Japan, Umeda Club Quattro
19 – Kyoto, Japan, TakuTaku
20 – Nagoya, Japan, Nagoya Club Quattro
21 – Tokyo, Japan, Kanda Square Hall

MARCH 2026
6 – Hong Kong, Kitty Wu Stadium, Tung Po

MAY 2026
1 – Las Vegas, N, A-LOT at AREA15
2 – Salt Lake City, UT, The Complex
3 – Denver, CO, Mission Ballroom
5 – La Vista, NE, The Astro
6 – Minneapolis, MN, First Avenue
7 – Chicago, IL, The Salt Shed (Fairgrounds)
8 – Royal Oak, MI, Royal Oak Music Theatre
9 – Cleveland, OH, The Agora
11 – Asheville, NC, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
12 – Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium
13 – Atlanta, GA, The Eastern
16 – Austin, TX, ACL Live at the Moody Theater
18 – Dallas, TX, Longhorn Ballroom
19 – Oklahoma City, OK, The Criterion
21 – Santa Fe, NM, The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing
22 – Tucson, AZ, Linda Ronstadt Music Hall
23 – San Diego, CA, Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay

In other Mac DeMarco news, the musician recently featured on a benefit album for those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires alongside King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The War On Drugs, and My Morning Jacket‘s Jim James.

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