<p><span><span>- Please bear with me through the course of this review as I try to separate the deep sentimentality I have for Alexisonfire<strong> </strong>and my desire to put together an objective review. It’ll cause some cognitive dissonance as we go along because truly, they have been one of my favourite bands for a very long time.

<p><span><span>- Regina Spektor's eighth studio album <em>Home, Before And After</em> is her first release since 2016 besides a couple of singles within that six-year period. With a massive back-catalogue of works drawing inspiration from mythology, fairytales, or just characters or scenarios invented for the sake of the song, paired with Spektor's kitschy and endearingly awkward songwriting style, <em>Home, Before And After </em>brings exactly what fans have come to expect.</span></span></p>