Bat For Lashes has discussed her forthcoming sixth album ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ and how it takes a “cosmic, raw, maternal look at love”. Natasha Khan – aka Bat For Lashes – was at the Ivor Novellos to present an award for Best Film Score which went to Jerskin Fendrix for Poor Things. “I love film,” she told NME on the red carpet. “I’ve made short films, I’ve got a film coming out next week, I’ve won an Ivor Novello for a BBC drama series soundtrack. As well as songwriting, it’s my other love: film, visuals, and sound.”
Khan revealed that a new film is to accompany her new album ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ which was released on Friday (May 31). In an explanation of the album, she said: “It’s dedicated to my daughter, Delphi – who was born in 2020 in the middle of lockdown. It’s sort of a cosmic, raw, maternal look at love.” She added that it’s different from her other albums because the majority of it was completely improvised. “There’s a lot of arpeggios, harps, and strings. I just sat down and wrote songs in a day. It’s definitely a potent, heightened, emotional record. There’s also a lot of space and soundtrack music on there as well.”
Khan also spoke of her upcoming live dates, promising “some contemporary dance and performance art aspects”. “I’ve been exploring movement with this album quite a lot,” she said. “It’s movement that incorporates domestic, mundane tasks into a kind of cosmic reverence and praise for life.” Khan released a new single, ‘At Your Feet’, from the album ahead of its release.
Bat For Lashes’ 2024 UK tour dates are as follows:
– June 12 – O2 Academy 2, Oxford
– June 18 – Town Hall, Birmingham
– June 19 – Beacon, Bristol
– June 24 – Barbican, London
– June 25 – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill On Sea
– June 27 – Aviva Studios, Manchester
Bat For Lashes last released an album in the form of 2019’s ‘Lost Girls’. In a four-star review, NME called the project her “most consistent work to date”, adding that Khan was “still dramatic, seductive and theatrical, but fully cut loose. This is Khan’s own heroic moment.”
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