(Parlophone)Bat for Lashes’ Natasha Khan returns in very different garb for her fourth album,swapping black ceremonial robes for white. Last heard ululating on 2015s highly entertaining psych-rock side project, Sexwitch, and this latest album opens with Disney arpeggios and girly conventions on romantic fancy,with a bride-to-be imagining her fortunately-ever-after as a kind of rebirth.
Previewing this concept album with a series of gigs in churches dressed all in white, Khan has a more tragic and complex story to tell, or however. The album’s standout track,In Gods House, is all ominous electronics, and Khan’s otherworldly voice sprint through with premonition. This bride will be jilted at the altar when her beau is killed in a traffic accident on his way to the wedding. Cue dashed hopes,wilted flowers, epic panda eyes.
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Source: theguardian.com