Begin to Hope

Reseña del editor Regina Spektor's last album, 2004's Soviet Kitsch, garnered praise from Time, Rolling Stone, Spin, Vanity Fair, The New York Times and many others. But this Russian-born, Bronx-bred singer-songwriter-pianist, who emerged from the NYC cafi circuit, continues to expand her vision. On Begin To Hope, produced by David Kahne (The Strokes, Sublime, Sugar Ray), she broadens here palette with electric guitar, drum machines and seductive electronic loops, finding new canvases for her provocative vocal style. Hope for pop has arrived with Regina Spektor. Tienda The style known as "anti-folk," as realized by practitioners like Ani DiFranco and Billy Bragg, is derived from a punk aesthetic, and thus tends to be spare and confrontational. But while Regina Spektor's music is anti-folk in the way it subverts the traditional coffeehouse vibe, it's less interested in rebellion and more concerned with the joy of eccentricity, melody and surprise. Begin To Hope is full of surprises, and like her promising major label debut Soviet Kitsch, it displays an easy facility with song structure that enables her to go in different--sometimes wildly off-the-wall--directions without sounding scattered. Classically trained on the piano, she's been compared to Tori Amos, but her music isn't as delicate or precious. Fiona Apple comes up as well, but just because neither fits in the usual female singer/songwriter cookie cutter mold doesn't mean they sound the same. Her voice is actually the primary attraction, cracking and loopy on would-be lullabies like "On The Radio" and "Field Below," then punchy and cute on "Hotel Room." But the music, if understated in the mix next to her vocals, makes an impression as well, breaking in with twisty piano arpeggios ("20 Years of Snow") and occasional touches of electronica. It's a consistently intelligent and daring record, yet remains enormously listenable--a neat trick for anti-folk, or any other genre of music for that matter. –Matthew Cooke

Detalles del producto Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5,59 x 5 x 0,39 pulgadas; 3,46 Onzas Fabricante : Sire Número de modelo del producto : 93624411222 Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2006 Código SPARS : DDD Producto en Tienda desde : Julio 26, 2006 Etiqueta : Sire ASIN : B000FFJ80I Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº10,559 en CDs y Vinilo (Ver el Top 100 en CDs y Vinilo) nº207 en Alternativo Adulto (CDs y Vinilo) nº382 en Cantautores de Música Pop nº975 en Rock Alternativo (CDs y Vinilo) Opiniones de clientes: 4.7 4.7 de 5 estrellas 633 calificaciones Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5,59 x 5 x 0,39 pulgadas; 3,46 Onzas Fabricante : Sire Número de modelo del producto : 93624411222 Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2006 Código SPARS : DDD Producto en Tienda desde : Julio 26, 2006 Etiqueta : Sire ASIN : B000FFJ80I Número de discos : 1