Regina Spektor “Eet”
Quirky, baby-doll-voiced singer-songwriter Regina Spektor is set to drop her fifth studio effort, Far, later to month, and to build up anticipation for the project, she’s unleashed a few digital downloads and brand new videos over the past month. Of all these pre-release teases, the one that has really brought out our excitement for the next era of Spektor’s odd-ish, ivory-tickling pop is “Eet”.
“It’s like forgetting the words to your favorite song/…It was so easy/ And the words so sweet/ You try to remember, you try to feel the beat,” she coos in the record’s intro, kicking off a series of playful turns of melody and sudden peaks into upper range highs that produce this endlessly entertaining vocal performance as the piano-based arrangement beneath her expands from quaint beginnings to a more heavy, looming presence.
The beautiful ballad’s lyric is centered on the frustrating loss of something familiar, but after a couple digestings (at least for us), it eventually breaks through as a poignant snapshot of how today’s economic troubles have dramatically affected the mindset of some individuals (“Someone’s deciding whether or not to steal…”).
Aww, cutesy-dressed piano-pop and a lil’ topicality? How precious.
Far drops June 23rd, but you can pre-order it here.
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