i heard somewhere that she never washes.
― pc user, Thursday, 27 December 2007 19:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i enjoy the album a fair bit. certainly not worthy of some of the criticsm here. also caught her live in october and was quite impressed how the tunes sounded live. the what's a girl to do video is spiffy as well.
― drone/a/sore, Thursday, 27 December 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, just just sounds a bit like an inferior version of broadcast to me.
― pc user, Thursday, 27 December 2007 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Going back and listening to this, post all those Kate Nash/Florence & The Machine "I am so QUIRKY me" stuffs, this is sounding a lot better in retrospect. In fact, in the elfen freak-folk stakes, it holds up a heck of a lot better than Ys, too.
― carrotcake.wav (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 10 December 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep. still holding up here.
― Soukesian, Wednesday, 10 December 2008 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Back for lashes Exclusivehttp://tinyurl.com/45bb3t
Bat For Lashes returns on April 6 with new album Two Suns, PS can reveal.
Produced by Natasha Khan with David Kosten, aka Faultline, it follows her Mercury-nominated debut album Fur And Gold of 2006.
Scott Walker duets with Khan on The Big Sleep, his first work with another act since he produced Pulp's We Love Life album in 2001, after she wrote the song with him in mind. Yeasayer also guest.
― djmartian, Friday, 19 December 2008 10:34 (fifteen years ago) link
revive signals an almost one year anniversary since the last time someone cared about bat for lashes
― please don't stop the usic (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 December 2008 10:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Um, clearly not, as I revived it last week, as I still care.
― Ironic Erection (Masonic Boom), Friday, 19 December 2008 12:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Scott Walker duets with Khan on The Big Sleep
Stick that in yer pipe and smoke it, Scottsnobs
― Vicious Cop Kills Gentle Fool (Tom D.), Friday, 19 December 2008 12:11 (fifteen years ago) link
still loving this album - not getting the hating
― baaderonixx, Friday, 19 December 2008 12:50 (fifteen years ago) link
New Bat For Lashes – The First Listenhttp://bit.ly/oLpCBy Luke Lewis, NME
― djmartian, Thursday, 15 January 2009 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
new Bat for Lashes track: glass
now streaming at dazed digital - scroll to 3rd track on streaming playlisthttp://dazeddigital.com/Music/article/1690/1/Dazed_January_Playlist
brilliant ethereal tribal trippy Bjork-like track. Other comparisons evoke Sinead O'Connor's first album, The Lion and the Cobra
― djmartian, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
The Scott Walker track is as spooky and unsettling as any Scott fan could hope. Am on first listen of the whole record right now -- appropriately, what it's reminding me of more than anything is the Walker record Climate of Hunter
― smash your phonograph in half, Saturday, 31 January 2009 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
School of Seven Bells to support on April tour! How happy does that make me?
― The Boring Machine (Masonic Boom), Saturday, 31 January 2009 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
This new album is so gloriously 80s. The Scott Walker track is gorgeous, indeed.
― Turangalila, Monday, 23 February 2009 11:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw an interview with him and Regina Spector somewhere that made me want to kill myself as an artist
― 210 (Jackie Wilson), Monday, 23 February 2009 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
<3 "Daniel"
― Turangalila, Monday, 23 February 2009 11:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://ladybunny.net/blog/uploaded_images/PBpicture-708521.jpg
She's not looking too good in this pic.
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 27 December 2007 18:27 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
god damnit dom
― nabisco, Thursday, 27 December 2007 18:44 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Oh yeah, NSFW.
― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 27 December 2007 18:45 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
http://94.100.116.135/304700001-304750000/304743301-304743400/304743362_5_DMbl.jpeg
― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Monday, 23 February 2009 11:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Very anxious to hear the new one. Pulled out Fur and Gold last night and I think it still sounds fantastic.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
can this album live up to the sheer dazzling beauty of the cover?
― Bernard's Butler (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
http://wannabeablog.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/bat-for-lashes-two-suns-2009.jpg
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Sheer awe-inspiring magnificence.
― Bernard's Butler (Raw Patrick), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
not feeling the cover for the moment
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 14:23 (fifteen years ago) link
from the tracks i have listened to so far, Bat for Lashes may well win the Mercury Music Prize this year
the track Daniel reminds me of Fleetwood Mac - Sara
― djmartian, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
This fucking album
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 26 February 2009 08:28 (fifteen years ago) link
not feeling the cover, loving the record
― cutty, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
daniel, siren song, yeah
she is totally mining kate's 80's sounds, no?
― cutty, Wednesday, 4 March 2009 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
the cover photo looks like david lachapelle and the logo looks like America's Best Dance Crew
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Thursday, 5 March 2009 00:02 (fifteen years ago) link
cutty, i saw in yr aim status that you were listening to this. it's totally your type of music. def sounds like kate bush
cover looks stupid. take her and the logo and maybe i'd be into it.
― cutty, Thursday, 5 March 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ take her and the logo out ^^^
the cover freaks me out a bit, mainly because she looks like she's covered in massive bruising, like she's been in a car accident. Not really a good look.
Heard one song on the radio last night, and have high hopes for it!
― Dances With Psychedelic Owls (Masonic Boom), Thursday, 5 March 2009 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been playing this quite a few times while on hols - it is def. more hard work than the previous one and still sounds a bit samey after 4 or 5 spins - and yet, I have no doubt that it's gonna be one of my favorite albums of 09
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:04 (fifteen years ago) link
You people are bonkers! That cover rules. The "Daniel" single cover is even better:
http://stereogum.com/img/batforlashes_daniel.jpg
― Shannon Whirry & the Bad Brains, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
That cover is awesome! She's absolutely gorgeous.
― legendary North American forest ape (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 March 2009 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Daniel cover indeed awesome. Keeping up with the SoCal Fleetwood Mac vibe
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
LARUSSO?
― cutty, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
"Daniel" reminds me a lot of The "A Forest" by The Cure. I guess it's the same bassline. And I love the cover too!
― daavid, Sunday, 15 March 2009 05:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Her cover of "A Forest" is about the only thing worth a damn on whichever one of the Cure tributes it's on.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 15 March 2009 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link
cover looks like a photoshoot. if it didn't look like a photoshoot it would be great (colours are nice). kinda weirdly flatly centred too.
― deveraux billings (schlump), Sunday, 15 March 2009 06:02 (fifteen years ago) link
LARUSSO?― cutty, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 23:38 (4 days ago)
― cutty, Wednesday, 11 March 2009 23:38 (4 days ago)
― just sayin, Sunday, 15 March 2009 10:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i've listened to "moon and moon" roughly 100 times since first hearing it yesterday.
― akm, Monday, 16 March 2009 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I really don't like this - her aesthetic is terrible and the production is so shiny and polished it kind of kills any feeling of intimacy. I want records like this to be creaky and dusty with the sound of instruments creaking in the background, like White Chalk or that Grouper album from last year. This just sounds a bit hollow and empty.
― Two hands in the air, that's the Lampard Skank (Matt DC), Monday, 16 March 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't know if this is worth my time or not
― Surmounter, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:24 (fourteen years ago) link
nope
she can basically be dismissed with the words "you, sir, are no kate bush"
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
whew, thx. i suspected.
― Surmounter, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
basically, you can tell exactly what kind of music she wants to make, and it's the sort of music which is GREAT when done well, but she has no personality or spirit in her voice and her songs are meandering, aimless, poorly things. and she thinks she's a lot crazier than she is.
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:29 (fourteen years ago) link
dang lex you don't hold back
― Surmounter, Monday, 6 April 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
i like "daniel" it just seems unfinished to me, like it's really missing a MOMENT + i have to imagine that it's just a misguided attempt at being "understated" and "ethereal"
― I DIED (deeznuts) (J0rdan S.), Monday, 6 April 2009 19:31 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, "Helelyos" is nuts. Reminds me to finish seeking out the original versions of those songs.
― maffew12, Friday, 29 November 2019 00:16 (four years ago) link
Learned a new figure of speech today: upped sticks
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 29 November 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
I've heard the originals and the idea of taking them and reinventing them as post-punk takes them to a new level.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, 29 November 2019 02:16 (four years ago) link
she's doing a live stream at the moment (requires tix), will be up for a day, you can check her instagram for info. also she's having a baby (not in the livestream)
― akm, Saturday, 16 May 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
lol
― DJP, Monday, 18 May 2020 13:48 (three years ago) link
Natasha being 40 is more wanna feel old for me than remembering having seen Pink Floyd twice in the 80s.
― Noel Emits, Monday, 18 May 2020 15:37 (three years ago) link
The Piper: Radio 4 - When strange music makes a girl vanish, a detective and her daughter uncover a terrifying force. Thriller starring Tamzin Outhwaite. Soundtrack by Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p08wdsyt
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 13 November 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
been revisiting two suns a lot lately.....what a good ass album
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 02:11 (two years ago) link
I haven't heard the debut but otherwise I really like all her albums
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:20 (two years ago) link
I just listened to Lost Girls again the other day. Shame that one was so underrated.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:41 (two years ago) link
Diminishing returns after Two Suns imo, but the only one I haven't listened to since it came out is The Bride. The Haunted Man and Lost Girls are fine. I should check out that Sexwitch album again, because I remember nothing about it.
Anyway, check out the debut. It's nice.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:44 (two years ago) link
Ooh, Sexwitch is great. Wonder why I memory-holed it.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:59 (two years ago) link
Returns have only diminished from masterpiece to excellent to very good, and I'm okay with that. Still very fond of The Bride... "Joe's Dream"!
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 03:59 (two years ago) link
"Laura" might be my favorite song of hers.
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 13:14 (two years ago) link
did anyone ever figure out who the subject of that song (not, according to NK, named "laura") is
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 13:43 (two years ago) link
realizing now that i've only heard "what's a girl to do" from the debut (and that's from the video, which is an all-timer). is the rest of the debut similar to that one?
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
Uh... sort of? I'd say the vibe of the first two albums is very similar with the "big" singles ("What's A Girl To Do", "Daniel") kind of going off on their own thing
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 15:07 (two years ago) link
gotcha. i'll check it out.
speaking of the "what's a girl to do" video, seems like it's only on youtube in low quality, which is a bummer.
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
her voice is very soothing to me
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
I think all of her albums are fantastic to amazing. She's one of my favorite people currently making music. So glad I got to see her live just before the pandemic hit last year.
― akm, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
becoming a bit of a stoner has really emphasized this aspect for me
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
I really liked her debut and then got pretty much obsessed with Two Suns in 2009. Like, listening every day on my walk to class obsessed. I saw her live just before The Haunted Man came out (my first time hearing "Laura" and a bunch of new songs) and she is a great performer indeed, but I somehow lost interest afterward that one. I don't remember much about The Bride, it vaguely registered in my head as 'more of the same'? I don't think I've ever even listened to Lost Girls. Guess I should go back and check those two records out, I think I've had a long enough break and her vibe/aesthetic will feel exciting to my ears again, even if the newest stuff isn't radically different to the oldies.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
Lost Girls likely to be more your thing than the Bride, which is more impressionistic (ie: yes it's less memorable, I like it a lot though)
― akm, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
Cool! I just scanned The Bride's tracklisting and the only two tracks I can vaguely recall are Close Encounters (which I must've put on some playlist back then) and Sunday Love (which was on the radio). I'll give Lost Girls a listen tomorrow and perhaps come back to The Bride later.
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
I haven't revisited Two Suns since it came out, but I really enjoyed it at the time. Her subsequent albums struck me as vaguely pleasant and little more. I should probably give them all another spin.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 20:51 (two years ago) link
Lost Girls is heavily underrated at large
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 5 May 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
hmm turns out fur and gold is excellent, feel dumb for overlooking it for years
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
it's all underrated and it's so weird we don't have a thread for her.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Thursday, 6 May 2021 00:00 (two years ago) link
. Had I been working in the 1960s or 70s I would have ridden a wave of avant garde work into the mainstream
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/24/were-losing-sight-of-how-valuable-music-is-im-trying-to-carve-a-new-path-bat-for-lashes
― curmudgeon, Friday, 28 May 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAMO6HHfsdM
i like this
― ufo, Thursday, 22 February 2024 20:40 (one month ago) link
oh wow, I had pretty much given up on new music from her
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 22 February 2024 20:44 (one month ago) link