ntion my girl-crush, PJ Harvey) because they made her feel good about being weird. I can totally dig. Oh Natasha, can't you see that's what you've done to me?Fur and Gold came out very recently, but it's easily become one of my favorite albums ever. I never skip a track-- every song is just so well done, and the lyrics combined with the mystic instruments are like entering a fairy tale written for grown castaways. I've been taking piano lessons this summer and I think it might be because I want to be exactly like her. I wish she would adopt me as her little sister and teach me her amazing ways. I pretend her song "Sarah" is about me.
So, thanks to Erika (seriously, thank you), I found a really wonderful little gem today-- I normally don't look at Stereogum, but as I was downloading a song from her fall mix she just posted, I stumbled upon a beautiful cover of The Cure's classic "A Forest", and I'm falling in love with this lady all over again.
Best of all is that I think the players in this track are none other than Natasha's brand-new backing band The Blue Dreams! A preview for her next album, maybe?
*Sigh*, I love everything this woman does, so I'm sure that whatever she's got up her sleeve will be nothing short of fantastic.
Download: Bat for Lashes "A Forest"
omg, seriously, I am like madly in love with Bat for Lashes. Natasha Khan is pretty much my like my fashion/lifestyle icon. She's so amazing, she almost makes me want to start playing piano again. Almost.
ReplyDeleteAwww, you're welcome! I just really like music and sharing it with people whom I hope will like it too!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love Natasha Khan too! Mostly because of her blue hair and ability to wear ribbon hippie headbands all the time and still look totes down to earth. Once I was listening to the radio and the DJ said Bat For Lashes was a band and I sent him an email and said "Nope! Bat for Lashes is just Natasha Khan" and he was like, "Whoops!" then I went on to intern for him! My fave song is "What's a Girl to Do?"
I think the woman is nothing short of perfect, really. I want to be her when I grow up.
ReplyDeleteFur and Gold is such an amazing album, all-throughout. Even ones I didn't think I was in love with resonated with me-- case in point: "Seal Jubilee". My favorites are "Prescilla" and "Bat's Mouth"!
BTW, that sounds like the best way to get a job ever. I need to start harrassing Ira Glass!
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ReplyDeleteyay! natasha khan is all kinds of fantastic :)
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