This Mad Desire

LIKE NEIL YOUNG ON DAVID BOWIE DRUGS.

THIS MAD DESIRE is Mackenzie Kristjon’s rock and roll brand, specializing in indie rock that has been described as "like Neil Young on David Bowie drugs". Mackenzie is Icelandic-Canadian and operates in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area. He has been writing and performing practically since being a toddler when he would grab a toy electric guitar and mime Ace Frehley licks to adoring audiences around the house.

Soon his parents realized that he had a “mirroring issue” with his hands (i.e. they both do the same physical movements). After a doctor laughed, “Well, he’ll never play the piano,” his mother immediately enrolled him in piano lessons, which started him on his musical journey.

Mackenzie has toured North America, UK, Europe, and Iceland both with TMD and with chamber-pop act Barzin since winning his first national songwriting competition as a teenager.

Mackenzie is currently releasing tracks from This Mad Desire's next forthcoming full-length Passing Lanes of Fate. Ready For The Weekend is the latest!

While that album is readied, Mackenzie is releasing a new series of Secret Covers, the first of which is Orange Crush as made famous by R.E.M.!

LIFE IS TOO SHORT. ENJOY IT.