Watch the video for "Better", from Regina Spektor's upcoming new album.
Strange to hear Regina all hepped up on radio-friendly electric guitar riffs, but oh well, what can you do - anything to get her strange lazy-daisy enunciation onto my airwaves, that slightly weird voice that tickles me behind my ears. "Better" is a lovely song dressed up in flashy clothes, and what I like best about the feedback loop of a video is the way it's the loveliness that's emphasised. No sizzling starbursts or lens flares, just a beautiful face and a hand that tries to touch, windows and light and play and an uncomplicated spiraling into infinity.
