spektakular

new stuff from Регина Ильинична Спектор

noone laughs at god …

& since we’re on the subject of spektor, here’s a few more greats

(gotta love the stopmotion

& the fact that the lyrics go

on the radio
we heard november rain
that solo’s really long
but it’s a pretty song
we listened to it twice
’cause the dj was asleep

giving us asleep instead of the highly anticipated nice)

update: should you be so inclined – you can listen regina spector’s new album, far, on npr.org – if you don’t mind a short ad

tip: to avoid hearing the ad more than once, choose ‘hear the entire album’ near the top, or add the songs you want to hear to a playlist 😉

gots to say that on first listen, this stuff sounds good. a bit more orthodox than the excellent begin to hope maybe, but we’ll see if that’s a bad thing …