The Beautifully Sad “dinosaur Song” [stream]

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Under-the-radar Swedish musician Billy Fitzgerald’s new track “Dinosaur Song” aptly juxtaposes delicate acoustic guitar with a sturdy electro beat. Fitzgerald’s understated vocal melodies and timbres, though disconnected and even lacking soul at times, only bolster the song’s somber mood. He makes good use of negative space between drum clicks and guitar plucks, helping the song trudge along with a resonant sense of forfeit that many artists strive for, but fail to achieve. The instrumental bridge’s enhanced drum beat subtly elevates the track to a new emotional level before the vocals come back in and become the only remaining element, concluding the song with a smartly sparse and painfully melancholy tone.