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May 17th, 2011 1:00am

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Purity Ring “Ungirthed”

The arrangement for Purity Ring’s “Ungirthed” — probably the best song with a terrible title that I’ve encountered in some time — comes out sounding like a modern rap track that’s gone “wrong” somehow. Its bounce is a bit off center, its tonality is a bit too bright. But for what it is, it’s brilliant and lovely. As striking as the track can be, what really makes this work is the particular tone and cadences of singer Megan James, who sings these clipped, slightly incoherent lines full of apocalyptic imagery in a voice that I find very cute, though not particularly cutesy. The world is crashing down around her, but she doesn’t sound panicked. Somehow she sounds optimistic.

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