Regina Spektor – dalok a hat év után érkező új Home, Before And After albumról

Regina a Botrány című 2019-es mozifilm One Little Soldier betétdalához hasonlóan az art-rock sztárproducer John Congleton társaságában készítette el Home, Before And After címmel 2022. június 24-re bejelentett nyolcadik sorlemezét, mely a sajtóanyag szerint a művésznő New York-i múltjába nyúl vissza. Az albumról a februárban közzétett Becoming All Alone című nyitódal után ma a második számot, a szintén vonószenekarral és hiphopos ritmikával feldobott Up The Mountaint is megkaptuk egy szöveges videóval.

In the ocean there’s a mountain
On the mountain there’s a forest
In the forest…

In the forest there’s a garden
Gotta get in there

In the garden there’s a flower
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Got to pluck it

In the flower there’s a nectar
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Got to taste it

In the nectar there’s an answer
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry
Got to know it

In the answer there’s another
And another and another
and another and another…

Slow down, slow down, slow down, slow down
Gotta get in there

In the ocean there’s a mountain
On the mountain there’s a forest
In the forest there’s a garden
In the garden there’s a flower
In the flower there’s a nectar
In the nectar there’s an answer
In that answer there’s another
And another and another
and another and another

Gotta get up there

Like it or not I’m coming up the mountain
Hurry, hurry… hurry… hurry…

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az album február 22-én közzétett Becoming All Alone című első kislemezdala:

I went walking home alone
Past all the bars and corner delis When I heard God call out my name And he said Hey
Let’s grab a beer
It’s awful late
We both right here
And we didn’t even have to pay Cause God is God and he’s revered And I said
Why doesn’t it get better with time I’m becoming all alone again
Stay, stay, stay

Let the ones who want it bad
Get all the things that make them better Let the ones who don’t care feel a thrill And I just want to ride
But this whole world
It makes me carsick
Stop the meter sir
You have a heart
Why don’t you use it

Why doesn’t it get better with time I’m becoming all alone again
Stay, stay, stay

I went walking home alone
past all the bars and corner delis When I asked God
Please call
Call my name
And I said Hey
Let’s grab a beer
It’s awful late
I know you’re here
And we wouldn’t even have to pay Cause You are God and You’re revered

Why doesn’t it get better with time I’m becoming all alone again
Stay, stay, stay
I’m becoming all alone again

Stay, stay, stay

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az új lemezre szintén felkerülő Spacetime Fairytale című szerzemény egy 2019-es koncerten:

I woke up with you in my head
Like a melody to sing in bed
I should get up but I, instead
Make a face you used to make

I know there’s no such thing as time
I know there’s no such thing as mine
I know there’s no such thing as turning back

The fairy tale’s begun
So, listen up my son
The pages may have burned
But words can just return

All of time spans
All of space spans
All of light spans
All our life spans

My mind is full of melodies
They search for homes inside of me
Like begging, pleading refugees
But I can’t find the time

I know there’s no such thing as time
I know there’s no such thing as mine
I try to come and still the rising tide

The story just goes on
Keep listening my son
Each time a theory proves
The mystery just moves

Time moves slower
Round your feet
Find slow time breathing
Feel the beat of
Time moves slower
Round your feet
Find slow time breathing
Feel the beat of
Time…

This world began outside your time
Some days it’s yours
Some days it’s mine
Some days it’s cruel
Some days it’s kind
It just can’t stay the same

I know there’s no such thing as time
I know there’s no such thing as mine
I try to sing a melody your way

The story must go on
So, keep listening my son
And if you get too tired
Just build a little fire
The pages they may burn
But words can just return

Pages burn but
Words return just
Watch the flames and
You will learn

Pages burn but
Words return just
Watch the flames and
You will learn

You will learn
You will learn

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a még az ezredforduló táján íródott Raindrops című dal, mely az albumon új verzióban hallható majd:

You don’t know but that’s okay
You might find me anyway
Don’t you know that I
Belong arm in arm with you, baby
In a town that’s cold and gray
We will have a sunny day
Don’t you know that I
Belong arm in arm with you, baby
Baby

I do not know
Where does it go
When it goes?
Suddenly though
Everything’s slow
And I miss you so

Round each corner there’s a chance
People searching glance to glance
Moving ’bout real fast
Like insects and fish when they’re scared
And they sing the same old song
Though it’s been so very long
They sing, raindrops falling on my head
But that doesn’t mean that I am dead

And I do not know
Where does it go
When it goes
Suddenly though
Everything’s slow
And I miss you so

You don’t know but that’s okay
You might find me anyway
Don’t you know that I
Belong arm in arm with you, baby
In a town that’s cold and gray
We will have a sunny day
Don’t you know that I
Belong arm in arm with you, baby
Baby, baby, baby

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az új nagylemez borítója és számlistája:

Regina Spektor: Home, Before And After (2022)

01 “Becoming All Alone”
02 “Up The Mountain”
03 “One Man’s Prayer’
04 “Raindrops”
05 “SugarMan”
06 “What Might Have Been”
07 “Spacetime Fairytale”
08 “Coin”
09 “Loveology”
10 “Through A Door”

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a február 24-én, az Ukrajna elleni háború kezdetén közzétett Instagram-poszt, melyből kiderül, hogy Regina férje és gyermeke apja, a hajdani Moldy Peaches-zenész Jack Dishel dalszerző-gitáros-énekes (művésznevén: Only Son) szintén ukrajnai zsidó felmenőkkel bír:

A bejegyzés megtekintése az Instagramon

Regina Spektor (@reginaspektor) által megosztott bejegyzés

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Regina szereplése a szintén ukrajnai származású gitáros-énekes Eugene Hütz gypsy punk együttesének, a Gogol Bordellónak a 2017-es legutóbbi Seekers And Finders albumán a címadó dalban, illetve annak 2018-as koncert- és akusztikus verziójában: