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Julianna Barwick - Dancing with Friends

'Dancing with Friends' might be the perfect title for this song. In its simplicity, in its repeated vocal circles, added bit by bit like drawing chalk circles on the ground, it sounds like the kind of happiness the world promised before you grew up. It sounds like people gathering in spontaneous joy, at some sign from God, some dreamy miracle, bewildered together into happiness. For a little over three minutes, there are no global problems that need solving.

Julianna Barwick - Dancing with Friends (Live on Má Fama)

This live version shows the song put together, voice by voice, stitch by stitch. It's not as warm or comforting, but it's certainly a lot more real, maybe more believable. It's still revelatory.

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