The Dream Of Delphi (album)

(2019)
(2023)

"**The Dream Of Delph**" is the upcoming sixth studio album by Bat For Lashes that is expected to be released sometime in 2024.

## Background

In an interview concerning *Lost Girls* in September 2019, Natasha Khan commented she would like to combine the psychedelic rawness sound of Sexwitch with high 80s or 90s "dark warehouse electronica" in a future project.

When Khan announced her Patreon page in May 2021, she assured she would make albums and go on tours. Many fans thought she would take a break due to her motherhood.

On 20 August 2021, Khan previewed new music on her Patreon. but it was up for 48 hours only. On 1 September, she said she was going to spend another day in the studio to work on the album.

On 24 January 2022, Khan previewed a new track on Instagram. A longer preview was posted on her Patreon.

On 13 March 2023, Khan announced she will perform at Christine and the Queens’ *Meltdown* festival on 15 June at Queen Elizabeth Hall, in London. On a mailing list, she said she will preview new material. On the 20th, Khan revealed the album was being mixed.

On 29 March, Khan was interviewed by Soho Radio, in which she disclosed the album was recorded from the COVID-19 pandemic until her daughter was one year and a half in Los Angeles. It was inspired by the journey of motherhood through the pandemic. She said the music was improvised with synths, piano, flutes, and strings. Half of the tracks don't have vocals.

In the light of her show at *Meltdown* festival, she revealed the album's title is *The Dream of Delphi*, named after her daughter. According to her, the album is about "the conception, growing and birthing of this human being onto Planet Earth and the cosmic resonance of that."

## Music and composition

Natasha Khan for her Southbank Centre interview:

> "This album started in the middle of lockdown when I was breastfeeding a tiny baby, and I would run to the studio for two or three hours and just improvise. So there's definitely a spontaneaty and a sort of a meditative quality to the music, because it was just my emotion coming through, into my hands and out through the musical instruments I chose that day, or whatever I was feeling that day. So, there wasn't much pre-conception."
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## Track listing

### Confirmed tracks

* The Midwives Have Left
* Her First Morning
* Delphi Juno
* Letter To My Daughter
* The Dream Of Delphi

## References

1. ↑ Bat For Lashes on new album 'Lost Girls', '80s vibes, ghosts and what's next (4 September 2019)
2. ↑ Khan, Natasha (24 May 2021). "We're losing sight of how valuable music is. I'm trying to carve a new path - Bat for Lashes". *The Guardian*.
3. ↑ "Attention all Bat for Lashes music lover!". 18 August 2021. *Twitter*.
4. ↑ Patreon's message: "I hope you enjoyed last month's sneak peek at the new record. I am actually off this morning to spend another day in the studio, sitting at an instrument to see what comes."
5. ↑ Making magic for the new record
6. ↑ "Its been a minute London but excited to share I am part of Christine and the Queens’ Meltdown festival" (13 March 2023)
7. ↑ Instagram: "I’ve also been mixing the new album this week, so excited with how it’s sounding, and to be sharing this special piece of work with you later in the year too."
8. ↑ MOVING SOUNDS with James Heather - An Interview with Bat For Lashes (29/03/2023)
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Bat for Lashes on motherhood, creation and embodiment | Southbank Centre (12 June 2023)