Beck - The Golden Age (@1:44) - that drifting keys sequence

Hear the full song on various music services: https://song.link/s/1bGas968flWbyqIdVqlHt4

Hear the exact moment in the song: https://youtu.be/Y6zAT15vaFk?si=GYwKcwlVN095HGs8&t=103

In this beautiful song about navigating loss and heartbreak, there’s a short, subtly brilliant instrumental moment starting around 1:44 that always gives me goosebumps. Just after the lyrics “The weight of the world / Drift away instead”, this wonderfully country-sounding Wurlitzer glides in and gently floats downwards to the haunting vocals “Oh-oh, these days I barely get by.”

I mean, I think that’s a Wurlitzer. Or is it electric guitar with effects? Or some of both? Either way, every time I hear it, I fall in love with this song, and the whole album it’s on (Sea Change), all over again.