Quickly: new Regina Spektor

My girl Regina Spektor has two new tracks from her upcoming full-length, Begin to Hope, at her MySpace page. Something about my internet connection won't let me listen to MySpace streams... not easily anyway. So I've yet to hear these songs, but judging from the comments they sound quite interesting:

"WHAT have they done to your songs!?! Fidelity especially has been destroyed by cheap and tacky sounding beats, which actually manage the amazing feat of distracting you to the point that you miss the lyrics and voice behind them."

"Fidelity now sounds like someone trying to turn a Jon Brion song into a karaoke version. I've never thought this would happen. I've been such a huge fan for so long. I just really wish these new songs would have been kept simple."

"It seems like there's no heart in these songs. It breaks my heart."

See what I mean? What could it possibly sound like! I can't wait to hear for myself. Begin to Hope comes out May 16th.

Go stream "Fidelity" and "Better" at her MySpace.

UPDATE: I'm listening to "Better," and this is most definitely not what I expected. There's hardly a trace of keys, just incredibly bland guitars and drums... it sounds phoned-in... Is there still time to go back? Is it too late?

And now "Fidelity." Again, no piano, but some pizzicato strings (I think) and an atmosphere machine or synthesizer or whatever. It's better than the other song, but still not as good as the live version, which I've posted already:

Regina Spektor - Fidelity (live)

Regina Spektor - Better (live)

Enjoy?