15
Jun
today we’re younger than we’re ever gonna be
(or: june 15’s honey from the hive)
posted at 3:00 am by brandon in sweet you rock and sweet you roll
Regina Spektor — “Small Town Moon”
(from What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
Spektor’s (largely) ass-chappingly irritating quirks and vocal tics continue to go full frontal on her just-released fourth album — which, praise be, hasn’t drawn the same outrageously ridiculous comparisons to my beloved Ms. Amos that her first three records did — but at least she’s leaping toward more relevant artistic territory this time around, as on this wistfully nostalgic piano-driven ditty about a wide-eyed young lass itching to break away. Think of it as a modern-day “She’s Leaving Home,” this one from the she‘s point of view.
