Home, before and after

"Regina Spektor's first album in six years is weighty and ambitious, full of sweeping string arrangements and cosmic ruminations on love and loss".

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"ambitionsniveauet på Home, Before and After er tårnhøjt, og sangskrivningsniveauet synes - i det store hele - at følge med, for det er virkelig svært at få øje på deciderede svagheder, når Regina Spektor står helt fuldstændig klar som melodimager og tekstforfatter. Hun spiller på alle styrkerne fra sine forrige album, med fokus på klaveret og Spektors stemme som det fuldstændige, lydmæssige centrum ... Men det laver ikke om på, at Home, Before and After er en uhyggelig god singer-songwriter-plade, hvor Regina Spektor formår at være det naturlige midtpunkt".

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"For her eighth studio album, Home, before and after, she animates ten unpredictable tracks with a combination of elegant piano accompaniment, overtly playful pop, and a return to dramatic symphonic fare, often within the same song. The set list is tied together by equally audacious lyrics that incorporate mysticism, rhetorical devices, and allegory to convey frustration with men, continual heartache, and the state of the world, but especially with being left behind".

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"Regina Spektor has built a career from creating tightly wound, beautiful songs of love, life and death. Her music is intimate enough to feel like a friend speaking directly to you, but robust enough for the singer to share a stage with the likes of The Strokes and Kings Of Leon; the Russian-American artist has always walked that fine line between poetry and power. New album `Home, before and after' sees her continue to straddle both worlds comfortably while also injecting plenty of risky newness".

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