In the past I’ve been fairly vocal of my affection for mentally disturbed women with access to a grand piano, so it would be safe to assume that this bizarre fetish would extend toward Regina Spektor and her irresistible womanly charms.
The Russian born chanteuse does fellow countryman Sergei Rachmaninoff proud on latest album Far by interspersing enough classical Romanticism into her inoffensive mainstream pop veneer to slowly but surely win over the proletariat.
First single “Laughing With” is a deliciously blasphemous romp through hijinx and hilarity, as a jaded Spektor praises God’s omnipresent sense of humor, “But God can be funny/At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or/Or when the crazies say he hates us/And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke.”
Although Spektor is not as biting as Tori Amos or as bordering suicidal as Fiona Apple, her acerbic wit and bubble gum melancholy evident in songs such as “Eet” and “Dance Anthem of the 80’s” make her interesting enough to avoid being labeled as just another faux-rebellion wannabe.
And if for some reason she’s actually reading this, call me. By the way I’m doing that annoying pantomimed phone to the side of my mouth thing in case you were wondering.
Tags: Alternative, Pantomime, Regina Spektor, Sergei Rachmaninoff