http://www.batforlashes.com/
IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS SINCE THE LAST BAT FOR LASHES ALBUM, BUT WE CAN FINALLY REVEAL THE NEW ALBUM, 'THE HAUNTED MAN', WILL BE RELEASED ON OCTOBER 15TH.
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 09:46 (11 months ago) Permalink
October is a good month for haunting.
― how's life, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 10:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
about time
― akm, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
Cannot fucking wait for this. I <3 Natasha.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:08 (11 months ago) Permalink
Still don't know what this song's name is, but hope it's on the album:
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 13 June 2012 14:33 (11 months ago) Permalink
new songs!
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Thursday, 14 June 2012 12:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
The is the cover that Amazon and a few other places are now showing, nice enough font but hoping it's just a place-holder:
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Thursday, 14 June 2012 12:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
Another new one:
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Thursday, 14 June 2012 12:25 (11 months ago) Permalink
― Zaireeka Badu (NickB), Thursday, 14 June 2012 12:26 (11 months ago) Permalink
Wait, that last one's an old song
http://www.vevo.com/artist/bat-for-lashes?source=instantsearch&orderbyrecent=true
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Monday, 23 July 2012 19:24 (10 months ago) Permalink
album cover, tour dates: http://pitchfork.com/news/47233-check-out-bat-for-lashes-nsfw-album-cover-plus-new-video-and-new-track-laura/
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Monday, 23 July 2012 19:25 (10 months ago) Permalink
think i preferred the lettering placeholder.
― mark e, Monday, 23 July 2012 19:36 (10 months ago) Permalink
okay I love this song
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Monday, 23 July 2012 19:39 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah that song is lovely. what is so nsfw about that picture? a bared buttock?
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Monday, 23 July 2012 19:58 (10 months ago) Permalink
okay lol @ that album cover, tbh I much preferred her "I put everything in my grandmother's closet on" efforts
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Monday, 23 July 2012 20:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
although maybe that dude was also in her grandmother's closet
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Monday, 23 July 2012 20:05 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, what's NSFW about that?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:59 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm pretty tired of non-stop stories, videos, press releases, whatever, simultaneously boasting and warning of being "NSFW." Really, the whole internet is "NSFW," so shut up about it and go about your business.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 01:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
New song is lovely. Tori-aping still present but this time with some vague 80s power ballad/"Life on Mars" tinge to it that works well with the spare arrangement.
― Turangalila, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 02:44 (10 months ago) Permalink
?
I have never once thought of Tori Amos when listening to Bat for Lashes.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 04:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
re cover: so after hand bra we goot foot knickers now
― Ludo, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 06:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
waitit's his arm
that cover confuses me
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 01:00 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
eh I guess some folks have bosses who wouldn't accept "it's the artwork for the new Bat for Lashes album" as an instantly plausible excuse for why you were looking at a photo of two naked ppl, and as such would rather have the option of avoiding that scenario altogether
― price lo matalan (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 09:27 (10 months ago) Permalink
Johnny Fever, really? Even when, say, Pearl's Dream is basically Tori's "Girl" + "Raspberry Swirl"? There's a lot of other examples which I think also Tim F brought up in some other thread. It's not a bad thing! But to my ears, definitely there.
― Turangalila, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 12:25 (10 months ago) Permalink
Got to agree with Johnny, Tori Amos hasn't ever crossed my mind when listening to BFL. The Cure, that's a different story...
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 12:39 (10 months ago) Permalink
I honestly don't see how Tori Amos couldn't cross your mind
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:24 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, exactly. It's everywhere in her music, really.
― Turangalila, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:25 (10 months ago) Permalink
I try not to think about Tori Amos where possible.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
Her first four albums are fantastic, tbh.
― Turangalila, Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:30 (10 months ago) Permalink
Anyway, back to Bat For Lashes...
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
I would be playing this song on repeat if I hadn't just discovered Nightwish
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:36 (10 months ago) Permalink
What are you doing instead?
― Ignite the seven canons (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:44 (10 months ago) Permalink
I am listening to Wishmaster and boggling incessantly
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
Nightwish sounds like some sort of bedwetting remedy you buy from the chemist.
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Tuesday, 24 July 2012 13:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
"Moon and Moon" is probably the most Tori-like song by a person who is not actually Tori Amos that there ever was. And I say this as someone who regularly gets annoyed at people collapsing the differences between female artists. But it struck me more as a point on a trajectory for BFL more than a debilitating permanent resemblance.
I really like this new song.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 11:40 (9 months ago) Permalink
Laura sounds a lot like Working Class Hero doesn't it?
I guess maybe it's like Don't Look Back in Anger/Imagine maybe Lennon just did a lot of chord stuff that's universal... Is there a thread for songs that sound like other songs?
― niels, Thursday, 30 August 2012 09:42 (8 months ago) Permalink
&
― Number None, Thursday, 13 September 2012 16:05 (8 months ago) Permalink
new songs sounding reaal good.
― phantompenguin, Monday, 1 October 2012 03:41 (7 months ago) Permalink
― LeRooLeRoo, Monday, 1 October 2012 11:58 (7 months ago) Permalink
http://www.noise11.com/news/bat-for-lashes-streams-half-her-new-album-20121010
― Number None, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 10:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
i've heard all of this and it's great
"a wall" is one of her best songs, i love the hounds of love style backing vox
standouts would be that, laura, lilies, marilyn and the closer
― monotony, Wednesday, 10 October 2012 11:00 (7 months ago) Permalink
oh yeah, oh yeahhhhhhhh
― ciderpress, Sunday, 14 October 2012 15:29 (7 months ago) Permalink
Why aren't all her songs as good as Laura? It's really annoying.
― Matt DC, Monday, 15 October 2012 08:55 (7 months ago) Permalink
Cos it's the only one she wrote with the "Video Games" dude? And then only duress, at the request of her label? Strike one to The Man.
― Stevie T, Monday, 15 October 2012 09:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
^under duress
― Stevie T, Monday, 15 October 2012 09:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
is that true? its a good song nonetheless
― ciderpress, Monday, 15 October 2012 13:20 (7 months ago) Permalink
Just found the whole album on Spotify
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:27 (7 months ago) Permalink
xp The record label said she needed to go off and write a single but Natasha chose Justin Parker so there wasn't that much duress involved. Good call, The Man.
I assumed Parker was some young LA hotshot but apparently he's an ex-footballer from Lincoln.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/football-flop-who-gave-lana-del-rey-a-shot-at-stardom-may-score-at-last-7654878.html
― Get wolves (DL), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 09:28 (7 months ago) Permalink
how is she live? she's playing here the night of my bday and I wonder if it's worth skipping the usual bday shenanigans to see her
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 10:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
I saw her a while back and she was great. Does she still have the girl from ... Ash, was it? Pink hair, I think?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:17 (7 months ago) Permalink
Charlotte Hatherley! Who is now making music under the name "Sylver Tongue" which is a bit Little-Boots-goes-indie and is the support act on the tour.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
Fantastic set in Edinburgh the other night. Now she has three albums to drawn on there's no filler. Highlights were Laura (obviously) and the Daniel/Pearl's Dream encore.
― Get wolves (DL), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 17:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
"Laura" is pretty amazing; I kind of wonder what a different arrangement and singer would do for "Video Games" given how much I like the former and hate the latter
― Gandalf’s Gobble Melt (DJP), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 18:42 (7 months ago) Permalink
Lots of these beats sound Dan Snaith-y in some of their subtleties.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 01:49 (7 months ago) Permalink
wow this is awesome
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
yup
― I loves you, PORGI (DJP), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
Brighton show was fantastic, last date of the UK tour playing her adopted hometown and it felt like there was a great deal of warmth between Natasha and the audience. Laura was flat-out amazing, you could have heard a pin drop, but really she puts together a great set entirely now. Only complaint is that that 80% of the crowd were an absolute bunch of stiffs during the dancier numbers.
― Albert Crampus (NickB), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
damned if i can remember the last time i listened to a record twice in the same day.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 23:43 (6 months ago) Permalink