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Revision as of 22:33, 21 August 2007
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| Members | Natasha Khan, Ginger Lee, Abi Fry, Lizzie Carey |
Bat for Lashes is a solo project of Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), a Brighton-based songwriter.
Born to a Pakistani father, part of the eminent family of squash-playing Khans, and an English mother, her early childhood was spent travelling the world following her father who trained the Pakistani squash team, summers in Pakistan, and the rest of the time in Hertfordshire[1][2]. She had a strict religious upbringing until her parents separated, when she was eleven years old.
Khan graduated in film and music; while at university her experimental work was influenced by artists such as Steve Reich and Susan Hiller, and she produced multi-media work centred on sound installations, animations and performance. She went on to work as a nursery-school teacher, and it was during this period that she began writing the material for her first album.
Her debut single, "The Wizard", was released digitally through DiS records and on seven inch through Khan's own imprint, She Bear Records. She then signed to the record label Echo, alongside Feeder and Róisín Murphy, and released her debut album, Fur and Gold, on 11 September 2006.
Bat for Lashes' music has been likened to the work of Björk, Cat Power, Tori Amos, and Kate Bush.
On 17 July Fur and Gold was announced as one of the albums nominated for the 2007 Mercury Prize.
Discography
Albums
- 2006: Fur and gold
Singles
- 2006
- "Trophy"
- "The Wizard"
- 2007
- "Prescilla"
- "What's a Girl to Do?"
External links
- Bat for Lashes official site
- Bat for Lashes MySpace
- Bat for Lashes interview at musicOMH.com
- Bat for Lashes interview on PlatformsMagazine.com
- Bat for Lashes audio interview (English plus French translation) on arbobo.fr
- Popjustice release schedule for U.K. singles
- Following the horse of her dreams Bat for Lashes interview at Telegraph.co.uk, 09/09/2006 (accessed 05/07/2007
- Video Music Bat For Lashes "What’s a girl to do"