On Regina Spektor's new album 'Home, before and after,' the singer-songwriter ruminates on everything from romance to having a beer with God.
Orange Is the New Black.Lin-Manuel MirandaYet somehow it has been six years since the release of Spektor’s previous studio album,Home, before and after.and one night at Carnegie Hall. First, though, Spektor spoke withYou’ve made a terrific album.Well, thank you for listening to it.
Artists have all sorts of methods to generate inspiration or heighten the emotional level of their material. But getting pregnant in order to record, that’s a remarkable level of commitment. Adding to the degree of difficulty, you made the record during the pandemic, with the players scattered across multiple time zones and you recording the piano and vocals by yourself in a former church in Woodstock, New York.
The songs include a tense kept-woman drama , a sexy quest , and a grand impressionistic suite . Do you feel like this record has a theme? The songs are all made up! A lot of the time my mind is basically, “Oh, what’s kind of cool?” They’re like little balloons, and I just grab a string and float off. The thing that’s most interesting to me is that it’s a kaleidoscope. It’s always shifting. My idea of God will be probably 30 different ideas of God in songs. But my ideas in songs are hopefully higher and maybe more clear ideas than I have consciously.
Your family moved from Moscow to the Bronx when you were nine years old. So you’re thoroughly American. But is this a particularly complicated time to also be Russian?
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