Posted January 10, 200916 yr 01 Glass 02 Sleep Alone 03 Moon and Moon 04 Daniel 05 Peace of Mind 06 Siren Song 07 Pearl's Dream 08 Good Love 09 Two Planets 10 Traveling Woman 11 The Big Sleep Apparently she has a "destructive, self-absorbed, blonde, femme fatale" alter ego on this album lawlz. As Pitchfork said, someone got a little too into I Am...Sasha Fierce.
January 27, 200916 yr Bat For Lashes' second album 'Two Suns' is not out until April - but we received an advance copy this morning. Initial reaction? Well, anyone who heard Natasha Khan's recent cover of Eurythmics' 'Sweet Dreams' will be unsurprised to learn that there's a heavy '80s synth-pop influence.. At the same time, if Parlophone (who snapped Khan up in the wake of debut album 'Fur And Gold''s sleeper success) were hoping for a Feist-style mainstream breakthrough, they'll be disappointed. It's a bleak and sometimes difficult album, pitched somewhere between the crepuscular, 'Wicker Man' pastoral of Goldfrapp's 'Seventh Tree', and the flinty, minimalist emotional bloodletting of PJ Harvey's 'White Chalk'. Bearing in mind it's the kind of record that will no doubt unfold its secrets only after repeat plays, here are a few first-listen highlights to whet your appetite. Glass Heavily rhythmic opener, built around an insistent, tribal beat on the toms. The outro features a doom-laden, Cure-like bass line – the natural progression from her cover of 'A Forest'. Moon And Moon A breathy-voiced piano ballad in the mould of 'Sad Eyes', complete with a 'Priscilla'-style 3rd-person lyric. Daniel The first single, due in March. Opens with a synth-brass fanfare before settling into a sleek groove that recalls the twinkly, ethereal bits of Fleetwood Mac's 'Tango In The Night'. Continues Khan's habit of writing about men as if they're supernatural beings – part wizard, part wild beast. Peace of Mind Initially just harpsichord and vocal, there's an intimate, 'live' quality to the production, as if recorded at home. Gradually, gospel backing vocals enter the mix, recalling Blur's 'Tender'. Pearl's Dream Another insistent bass line, nervy and forbidding. The most '80s thing on here – but obviously in the Depeche Mode, 'Black Celebration' sense, rather than the 'Club Tropicana' sense. NME.com
January 29, 200916 yr That NME review makes it sound like a Personal album of 2009 contender. :wub: The debut was far better than that ghastly Klaxons album that won the Mercury Music Award prize, so hopefully if this album can build upon its debut's foundations then I can't wait to hear it.
February 17, 200916 yr I swear I saw the whole album on some blog websites about a week ago. :| :o :heehee: It wouldn't surprise me, I'm never the most ahead-of-the-crowd person tbh :( I'll have a little lookee
February 17, 200916 yr Ok, ignore my post about Sleep Alone leaking...after about ten seconds of searching, I found the whole album. The whole thing has, indeed, leaked -_-
February 19, 200916 yr Ooh I quite like it :o Daniel in particular is pretty wonderful :wub: Love 'Glass', 'Pearl's Song' and 'Two Planets' too. A LOT better than I expected
February 26, 200916 yr Leaked a while ago LOL. It's eh. Indeed it has, however I'd say it is the Best Album I have heard in 2009 so far. Certainly far far better than U2's new album.. I adore the single (think Kate Bush fronting 1980s Fleetwood Mac): 8khIEtd5ANs Bat For Lashes - Daniel
February 27, 200916 yr Author Indeed it has, however I'd say it is the Best Album I have heard in 2009 so far. Certainly far far better than U2's new album.. I adore the single (think Kate Bush fronting 1980s Fleetwood Mac): 8khIEtd5ANs Bat For Lashes - Daniel You need to hear more albums then. :( Daniel is a nice tune though.
March 28, 200916 yr Author 00ZHah-c0hQ The album is a bit bland, thus I sort of ignored after a while. Just took the time to watch this, seriously, this song / video is stunning and mesmerizing. :wub: Bat for Lashes = singles act though obviously, that's become apparent. Edit: ...this album gets better with each listen...oh my...may have to reverse my opinion on this LOL. :(
March 31, 200916 yr The video is fücking terrible :/ The hoody with her logo on the back of it, wtf? The video is faux-kooky-cheap, bad look :/ On a better note, the two singles are loff. And the album is pretty decent in a 7/10 way also. Noicee.
April 6, 200916 yr :heehee: It wouldn't surprise me, I'm never the most ahead-of-the-crowd person tbh :( I'll have a little lookee Lol i'm far, far, far worse. Daniel is amazing :heart:
April 6, 200916 yr At first I honestly didn't like it, but now its grown on me like a rash, the track is awesome and its different from what there is in the charts at the moment, I hope it gets a decent position in the chart this week, somehow I can't see the public take to it, its a beautiful haunting ballad.
April 7, 200916 yr I don't understand her music at all. :( I'll try listen to the album though. Edited April 7, 200916 yr by funmaker11
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