Fur And Gold, by Bat For Lashes (LP on Manimal)

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Fur and Gold is the debut album from Bat For Lashes, the nom de plume of singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. Born in 1979, yet combining influences that span decades, Natasha's work dwells in the elemental, emerging in timeless forms. Bat For Lashes music is bold and vivid. Her live shows, with accomplices Ginger Lee and Abi Fry, are made up of thunderous marching band drums, desert guitar, ballet school piano, harpsichord, sub-bass snarls, hand-claps and naive beats. There are also interludes of exquisite heartbreak - the piano ballad Sad Eyes has on more than one occasion left audience members in tears. The work of an artist with a distinct and complete creative vision, Fur and Gold is unlikely to be forgotten in a hurry. Debut albums like this are scarce, and very special. "An album so laden with mystic portents and pagan symbolism it could have been used as the soundtrack to the remake of The Wicker Man... an intriguing palette of sonic strategies on the cusp between folk and the avant-garde" 4/5 -The Independent. "There's something unique on this debut. Her voice floats over electronics, handclaps, piano and autoharp, while her mystically-shaped lyrics feature weeping seals and ghostly horses. Otherworldly" -Q.  PSYCHEDELIC/PROGRESSIVE.

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