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A swarm of cold-wave keys and Katie Stelmanis’ icy vocals provided the grounding, but it was the snowflake-like synth trills and the classical choir-like harmonies that ice-picked their way to ‘Lose It’’s heart. Lines like “My face screams without any motion” pinched us with stolid beauty.
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