“One More Love Song”

“One More Love Song”

It’s not likely many of Mac DeMarco’s songs have spurned a shed tear. Early in his career, he wrote goofball guitar pop about chain-smoking cigarettes and his girlfriend, never dipping too deep into his psyche. But lately, he’s flashed a streak of introspection, tackling his difficult relationship with his father and reckoning with the difficulty of success. “One More Love Song,” the latest dispatch from This Old Dog, is the closest he’s come to a true tearjerker.

“One More Love Song” is a somber synth ballad, complete with the bluest chord progression DeMarco’s ever conceived. The keyboard slinks,…