Regina Spektor + NPR Music "First Listen" of What We Saw from the Cheap Seats Exclusive Stream Up Now, NY Times Mag, Album out May 29

“The classically trained pianist’s new single is a wickedly baroque paean to decaying classics. Spektor charges over chase-scene scales and spitball synths [on ‘All The Rowboats’].” —Rolling Stone

“On the new album What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, she’s totally out on her own as both songwriter, rampaging manically through dramas and moods and time signatures, as a performer, from Italian accents and vocal percussion to the pure, unrefined emotions.” —Word

“On ‘Rowboats,’ Spektor finally matches her memorable lyrical tales to music that’s just as,
if not more than, dramatic.” —Billboard

“Another super polished taster from What We Saw from the Cheap Seats [of ‘Small Town Moon’]. —NME

“With minor-key pianos, machine-gun drums, and thoughtful musings on museum paintings,
she goes form pixiesh to serious, all in three and a half very dramatic minutes
[of ‘All The Rowboats’].” —Entertainment Weekly

“Ms. Spektor can write pop songs when she wants to. But pop is far from the only thing she wants.” —The New York Times

“A singular songwriting voice that spans genres and personas with grace and apparent ease.” —NPR Music

Regina Spektor will perform a free concert presented by NPR Music on Wednesday, May 31 at 10pm at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York. The entire show will be available worldwide live via free streaming at NPR.org/music and in the NPR Music mobile apps. The event will be hosted by World Cafe’s David Dye and Rita Houston of WFUV and will be broadcast live on air at public radio stations WFUV New York and WXPN in Philadelphia. Today, Spektor premieres the single“How” from her forthcoming, much-anticipated new studio album What We Saw From The Cheap Seats out May 29 on Sire/Warner Bros. Records on The New York Times Magazine site. She can be seen tonight performing her single “All The Rowboats” on “The Late Show with David Letterman.”

After performing a run of East Coast dates in May, Spektor will cross the Atlantic for performances throughout Europe including a sold out show at Royal Albert Hall in London and her first concert in her native Russia. She will return to the States in August for performances at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles and The Outside Lands Festival. More dates will be announced shortly. Please see current list below.

What We Saw From The Cheap Seats reunites Spektor with production partner Mike Elizondo (Eminem, Fiona Apple, Dr. Dre). The new Sire/Warner Bros. Records release is her first work of new material since 2009’s far. The album is currently available for pre-order on Amazon and iTunes. The video for “All The Rowboats,” which received a worldwide premiere on YouTube March 29 is also available on iTunes. Spektor released an exclusive 7” of two Russian cover songs, “The Prayer Of François Villon (Molitva)” and “Old Jacket (Stariy Pidjak),” for Record Store Day on April 21. The album track “Small Town Moon” is available to stream.

REGINA SPEKTOR, WHAT WE SAW FROM THE CHEAP SEATS
1. Small Town Moon
2. Oh Marcello
3. Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
4. Firewood
5. Patron Saint
6. How
7. All The Rowboats
8. Ballad of a Politician
9.Open
10. The Party
11. Jessica

REGINA SPEKTOR TOUR

May 31 /// (Le) Poisson Rouge (NPR Music broadcast) /// New York, NY
June 28 /// Peace and Love Festival /// Borlange, Sweden
June 29 /// Garden Party /// Helsinki, Finland
June 30 /// Rock /// Werchter Belgium
July 2 /// Royal Albert Hall /// London, UK
July 4 /// O2 Apollo Manchester /// Manchester, UK
July 5 /// Le Trianon /// Paris, France
July 7 /// Super Bock Super Rock Festival /// Sesimbra, Portugal
July 14 /// Stereleto Festival /// St. Petersburg, Russia
July 18 /// Konzerthaus /// Vienna, Austria
July 19 /// Poolbar /// Feldkirch, Austria
July 20 /// KKL Concert Hall Blue Balls Festival /// Lizzern, Switzerland
July 22 /// Tempodrom /// Berlin, Germany
August 10-12 /// Outside Lands /// San Francisco, CA
August 14 /// Greek Theater /// Los Angeles, CA

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