Review: Regina Spektor – ‘All The Rowboats’


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After almost three years since the release of her most recent album ‘Far‘, Regina Spektor has decided to share with us her most recent slight of creation.

Sitting in the comfortable and beneficial lap of the good and familiar, she apparently decided to stand up and charge into another direction that would add a little more versatility to an already complex work. And so it is that ‘What We Saw From The Cheap Seats‘ was born; an album recorded last summer and which has brought as a preview an unexpectedly gloomy song, which gives us an idea of the new road this artist is ready to travel.

Far from the classic, entertaining and very sweet melodies such as ‘Braille‘, ‘Us‘ or ‘Laughing With‘, Regina pulls our from her wide and bottomless hat ‘All The Rowboats‘. Introduced by a pretty suggestive sound with a hint of intrigue and obscurity, the track is delivered through the sound of her classical piano tinged with an electronic throb.

As we are being told about ancient paintings in a gallery and its misfortune of having been frozen indoors at the mercy of the passing time and the gaze of others, the song rises with those strong electronic and classic sounds which seem to give an even greater emphasis on the lyrics.

With a classical background influenced by The Beatles, The Moody Blues, Queen and contemporaries such as Radiohead, Regina has managed to captivate us with melodies drenched  in warmth, joy and smiles. Moreover, a very simple and smart message leaves us gratefully perplexed and beautifully disturbed.

As a rather abrupt finale breaks with all the preconceptions that Regina has made us become pleasantly accustomed to, the song clearly leaves us looking forward to her new material and to the way this unusual story will continue.

(Vanna Reflex)


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