A Pretty Box Of Your Evil

Chvrches “We Sink”

I keep trying to find the right adjective to describe Lauren Mayberry’s voice, but it never comes. The best I can do is mix some metaphors – the treble in her voice is very bright, but also very rounded off. This could be “girlish,” I suppose, but that word seems a bit dismissive, and the connotations of it are at odds with her very forthright cadences. That’s ultimately what makes her very compelling: She seems incredibly assertive even when she’s singing from the perspective of someone involved in self-destructive behavior. “We Sink” is a perfectly example of this – it’s basically a song about being part of a poisonous codependent relationship, and feeling utterly convinced that both sides would not be able to survive apart from one another.

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