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A delicious treat and truly compelling listen. Parenthetical Girls is equal parts purposefully clumsy orchestra, pop divining rod, and androgynous vocals. A more energetic and instrumentally varied Grizzly Bear, Parenthetical Girls (which, it should be noted, claims a membership of 22, ought to be instrumentally varied) have crafted a stellar record, Entanglements , that has gone largely unnoticed this year. "A Song For Ellie Greenwich" is hinged on a looped piano pulse and a brassy little phrase, the percussion spits and coughs, and the strings positively soar as dramatically as can be done. Halfway through, the [...]

• Parenthetical Girls - A Song For Ellie Greenwich