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submitted by Nick Apr 13th 2009 03:00 pm (stereogum.com)
No matter how much people on this side of the Atlantic adore Kings Of Leon (debatable), they should know that Europeans hear the band very differently. It's one thing to like the Followills, but it's quite another to like the Followills in a climate where little local artists like Coldplay and Radiohead pointedly praise their looks and sounds, and critically beloved sirens like Lykke Li and now Bat For Lashes try their best to stamp their spirits on the group's tracks. Uncontroversial point: People take KoL seriously over there. As it turns out the Kings cuts are surprisingly malleable, or maybe just that Natasha is an adept sound shaper: Last week she stopped into BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge and delivered an affecting and stripped, synth and tamborine take on "Use Sombeody" that you really don't have to even know Kings Of Leon to enjoy. Earlier Scott had highlighted the internet-enabled bonus track "Daniel (Lo Fi Version)" (for Khan lo fi means chillier and more sparse, not low fidelity, but it's OK because it's great), and we have her Live Lounge verison of that for you, too. Continue reading Bat For Lashes Covers Kings Of Leon...
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submitted by Nick Sep 2nd 2019 03:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Bat For Lashes is releasing a new album, Lost Girls, at the end of the week. Natasha Khan has been benevolent with singles from her The Bride follow-up: She's shared four songs from it already -- "Kids In The Dark," Feel For You," and "The Hunger," and "Jasmine" -- and today she's putting out another…
submitted by Nick Aug 19th 2019 09:00 pm (stereogum.com)
Bat For Lashes is a few weeks away from releasing her new album, Lost Girls, the follow-up to 2016's The Bride. Natasha Khan has shared a handful of songs from it already -- "Kids In The Dark," Feel For You," and "The Hunger" -- and today she's putting out another track, "Jasmine."
Her fifth album ‘Lost Girls’ is out next monthBat For Lashes' Natasha KhanBat For Lashes has released ‘Jasmine’, an entrancing track from her new album, ‘Lost Girls’. On the hypnotic song, Natasha Khan moves between husky, spoken word-style delivery in the verses and a melodic, falsetto-heavy chorus. The song’s titular character Ja...
'The Lost Boys', 'E.T.' and 'The Goonies' all helped inspire her latest.Bat for Lashes has revealed the 80's movies which have inspired her latest albumBat for Lashes has revealed how a series of classic 80’s movies influenced the themes and sound on her latest album. In a new interview with The Observer, the musician – real ...
submitted by Nick Aug 5th 2019 01:00 pm (stereogum.com)
When Bat For Lashes first announced the new album Lost Girls, the follow-up to 2016's The Bride, she did it with the rapturous new synthpop track "Kids In The Dark." And in the song's video, Natasha Khan and friends appeared as young Los Angeles vampires, playing out a tragically doomed romance. Today, Khan has shared…


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