Bats for Lashes, "What's A Girl To Do"

We are this close to having a girl crush on Bats for Lashes, the improbable, poetic moniker that the mysterious singer/songwriter Natasha Khan records under. There's her lovely voice, of course, and that super-adorable British accent that pops up in her singing. And she's got that whole sword-and-stone thing going in her lyrics and imagery that can lure Joanna Newsom fans in, but she has an infinitely more mytho-electro musical sensibility happening on her debut record, Fur and Gold, that recalls the lush soundscapes of Kate Bush. She dresses like a very fashion-aware hippie, which never hurt anyone making this kind of mystical, sensuous music, and horses pop up often in her press photos. But I think the thing that will do it is the video for her new single, "What's A Girl To Do," available in July from her new record label Parlophone. It's like the best part of Donnie Darko, only with choreographed bike ballet or something.

Posted by Kat in Heavy Rotation
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