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Horrorshow (song)

"**Horrorshow**" is a song by Bat For Lashes released on the 2004 demo album *Who Stole Petretski's Thunder?*. Although it has never been officially released, the title was registered on Natasha's ASCAP repertoire.

The piano outro was reused on "I Saw a Light" from Khan's debut album.

## Lyrics

They're gonna come and get you

They're gonna come and find out

They're gonna come and get you

They're gonna come and find out

Colours dancing in the sky

All my ancestry up so high

And if I call, don't make a fuss

Don't tell your friends about the two of us

'Cause they're gonna come and get you

They're gonna come and find out

Sleep my pretty sleep

Or the hotshots will break your heart

The mystical and horrorshow

You can see them floating

They don't know

Moving past the window

The shadows will break your heart

And horrorshow

You can see them floating

They don't know

Can not get a witness

Can not get a witness

The shadows will break your heart

They're gonna come and get you

They're gonna come and find out

Sleep my pretty, sleep

Or the hotshots will break your heart

Or the hotshots will break your heart

Or the hotshots will break your heart

[Spoken word]
Caroline Weeks

**Caroline Weeks** is a music and visual artist who works both independently and collaboratively. She was a touring band member of Bat For Lashes from 2005 to 2008. She contributed to backing vocals and various instruments on *Fur And Gold* (2009) and *Two Suns* (2009).

She released her debut album, *Song for Edna*, in 2009.

Natasha shot Caroline's video for her cover of David Bowie's "Starman."

## References

1. ↑ "Interview with Bat For Lashes". 2012. *Outline*.
Vivid Live

**Vivid LIVE** is an annual contemporary music festival held by Sydney Opera House, Australia. Bat For Lashes was handpicked by curator Steve Pavlovic and played two nights at the festival's 2011 edition, on 3 and 4 June 2011. She also played a secret show on 2 June at Sydney Opera House's Studio venue. These were Bat For Lashes's only performances of the year.

Old films were projected as the concert's backdrop on selected songs. Hitchcock's *Rebecca* was projected on "What's a Girl to Do?".

An early version of "Oh Yeah" was debut live, with unfinished lyrics.

On 8 June 2016, a proshot of "Daniel" was uploaded by 8W on YouTube. Watch it here.

## Photos

**Secret Show at Studio on 2 June 2011**

**3 June 2011**

## Setlist

1. Glass
2. Sleep Alone
3. Horse and I
4. Bat's Mouth
5. The Wizard
6. Trophy
7. Siren Song
8. Moon and Moon
9. What's a Girl to Do?
10. Oh Yeah (live debut)
11. Pearl's Dream
12. Prescilla
13. Daniel
14. The Big Sleep
15. Wilderness

**String Quartet Set**

* All I Need (Radiohead cover)
* Lullaby (The Cure cover)
* Howl
* Wild is the Wind (Johnny Mathis cover)
* Strangelove (Depeche Mode cover)
* Solsbury Hill (Peter Gabriel cover)

**Note:** The string quartet set wasn't played at the secret show.

## References

1. ↑ Khan, Natasha (28 March 2011). "Bat for Lashes - Vivid LIVE 2011". *BatForLashes.com*.
2. ↑ "Girl wonder". 20 May 2011. *The Sydney Morning Herald*.
3. ↑ "I'd already played it live in Sydney. We did two nights at the Sydney Opera House, which was really fun. We put that song out there and I remember singing it. I didn’t even have the lyrics, I was sort of making them up on stage. Just like, ‘oh, I’m gonna do Liz Fraser, this is cool.’ I just rambled along, so that’s quite funny that it already came out halfway through being finished."
Zosienka

**Zosienka** is an artist, illustrator and surface designer in Winchester who specialises in intricate drawings and watercolours. She has collaborated with confectioners, high-street fashion brands, recording artists and independent filmmakers. She grew up in South Africa, Poland and the UK and draws from these varied landscapes in her practice.

## Illustrations

### *Two Suns*

#### Two Suns tour merch

Bear & Swan t-shirtWolf howl t-shirtSunchart scarf

## External links

* Official website
* Zosienka on Instagram
David Kosten

**David Kosten**, also known by his musical alter ego **Faultline**, is a British producer. He co-produced Bat For Lashes's first three albums, *Fur and Gold* (2006), *Two Suns* (2009) and *The Haunted Man* (2012). Working under the name Faultline, he worked with Bat on the cover song "Don't Stop", originally by Fleetwood Mac, released on 5 April 2018.
Winter Fields (song)

"**Winter Fields**" is the sixth track on Bat For Lashes' third studio album, *The Haunted Man*.

## Background

According to Natasha, the song is the most nostalgic and sentimental tracks on *The Haunted Man*, harkening back to childhood memories and citing the Sussex Downs.

> The end of Laura has these fading orchestral, minimal low notes, and moving into Winter Fields seemed to work because it's a similar set-up which is bass flutes and low cellos. They kind of relate to each other in some ways but Winter Fields becomes much more rousing and moves into that English landscape place. I think it's the most nostalgic track on the record, harkening back to my memories of childhood, being in the back of a car driving through country lanes as it's snowing, looking out over the fields. Those real childhood depictions of the English landscape. It's a little bit haunted, lost in the flurries of snow.
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Natasha's description of the song:

> There are British landscapes [on the album], the Sussex Downs, the sea. I spend a lot of time walking around the places I went when I was little and around Sussex. Songs like “Winter Fields” talk quite specifically about childhood winters spent driving down country lanes and the snow-filled fields.
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According to a *Pitchfork* article, in order to recreate a rainy sound effect for the song, producer Dan Carey “stood on a chair and poured water over the roof of a car while Natasha was inside recording with the windscreen wipers on—but in the end, it sounded like someone was pissing on the car.”

## Lyrics

Hurtling through heavy snow

Our hands are cold and the moon sets low

Little sister, let your sharp teeth show

Past winter fields

Stop the car by the old wire post

Scaredy rabbits make good paper ghosts

That lick the salt off the Sussex coast

And fall into winter fields

Rows of white

Spelled our escape in the old torch light

Oh mother, I'm scared to close my eyes

Some winter dreams make you dive and dive and dive down

In sub-zero I can't stand still

Colours of absence flooding the hill

In wonderment, I trip and spill

Through winter fields

Under the stairs taps the metronome

The diver's suit that we've all outgrown

I need to get to where the wild things roam

Through all of my winter dreams

Rows of white

Spelled our escape in the old torch light

Oh mother, I'm scared to close my eyes

Some winter dreams make you dive and dive and dive down

## References

1. ↑ "Bat For Lashes "The Haunted Man" Track-By-Track". *Billboard*.
2. ↑ "Bat For Lashes - Natasha Khan's Guide To New Album The Haunted Man". 12 October 2012. *Q Magazine*.
3. ↑ Coffey, Russ (15 October 2012). "Interview: 10 Questions for Natasha Khan". *The Arts Desk*.
4. ↑ "Cover Story: Bat for Lashes". 18 October 2012. *Pitchfork*.
Kate Bones

**Kate Bones** is a GIF Artist and Photographer based in London. After studying Fine Art Sculpture at Wimbledon College of Art, she found herself drawn to portraiture through moving image; and it is through a mixture of talent, perseverance and sheer obsession that she has carved a unique path for herself as a GIF artist. Her kaleidoscopic hyper-real 3D animations instinctively bridge the gap between still and moving image. It’s an on-going experimental journey in which she is constantly pushing the boundaries of the GIF medium by fusing analogue and digital technologies. This rebel approach sees her twisting everything into mix, delighting in the synthesis of low-fi and hi-tech techniques, from shooting on vintage 1980s 3D cameras, incorporating hand drawn, rotoscoping skills, to pulling her ideas through the latest 3D software to build mesmerising 360-degree portraits. This puts Kate right at the forefront of exploring the potential of the GIF format as a visual language to connect with the post-millennial generation. She intuitively creates narratives that celebrate diverse characters who are often under-represented in mainstream media. Working with drag queens was a pivotal moment for her, their exuberant creativity inspired a burst of colour and fun in her work that has been evident ever since. Kate's inventive & artistic dynamic gives her the tools with which to bring the people she meets vibrantly to life, framing them in joyously hypnotic never-ending moments.

Kate has a huge following on Instagram and Giphy where her work has racked up hundreds of millions of views. Her work has been widely featured in publications including Hunger, Dazed, Wonderland and Love, and her commercial clients includes Nike, Facebook, The Globe Theatre, Smirnoff, Red Bull, Rimmel, Block9, Glastonbury, Baileys, The Grammy’s and Missguided.
I Saw a Light (song)

"**I Saw a Light**" is the eleventh and closing track on Bat For Lashes' debut album, *Fur And Gold*.

## Background

The piano outro of the demo song "Horrorshow" was reused on the intro of this song.

## Lyrics

I saw a light

I saw a light

Coming through the trees

I saw a light

Coming through the trees

Freshly cut lawns

And little children sleepwalking

I saw a light

I saw the light

Shining on a car

And a couple inside

Had committed suicide

Death in your arms

Death in your arms

I saw a light

I saw a light

Coming through the trees

And I packed my things

After I saw the light

I packed my things

The light gave me life

And helped me see more clearly

And the children went to sleep

And the car was towed away

And the leaves were rustling

As the night turned to day

I saw a light

Getting smaller in the distance

And I said, "Goodbye"

## Credits

* Natasha Khan - vocals, piano, intro sounds, production, songwriting
* Josh T. Pearson - intro vocals, guitar
* Will Lemon - spoken word intro
* Tim Byford - drums
* Abi Fry - viola
* David Kosten - production, mixing, engineer
The Boys Of Summer (song)

"**The Boys Of Summer**" is a song performed by Don Henley. It serves as the first track on Don Henley’s 1984 LP, *Building the Perfect Beast*.

## Background

On November 21, 2019, the first date of “The Lost Girls Tour,” Natasha made a cover of Don Henley's track. Months later, on January 31, 2020, Khan shared a string of photos that made up the cover of the EP, The Boys Of Summer on her instagram.

## Lyrics

Nobody on the road

Nobody on the beach

I feel it in the air

The summer's out of reach

Empty lake, empty streets

The Sun goes down alone

I'm driving by your house

Though I know you're not home

Cause I can see you

Your brown skin shining in the Sun

You see your hair combed back and your

Sunglasses on baby

I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

After the boys of summer have gone

I never will forget those nights

I wonder if it was a dream

Remember how I made you crazy?

Remember how you made me scream?

Now I don't understand what happened to our love

But babe I'm gonna get you back

Gonna to show you what I'm made of

I can see you

Your brown skin shining in the Sun

I see you walking real slow

And you're smiling at everyone

I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

After the boys of summer have gone

Out on the road today

I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac

A little voice inside my head said

“Don't look back, you can never look back”

I thought I knew what love was, what did I know?

Those days are gone forever

I should just let them go but...

I can see you

Your brown skin shining in the Sun

You got the top pulled down

Radio on, baby

I can tell you my love for you will still be strong

After the boys of summer have gone

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7\_Vj3Znfvm/
2. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B7\_oqp9n0pV/
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8AIKa7n8fz/
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ASszznYgo/
5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8BV0vLHHgn/
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8CciQFnJDp/
7. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8C3JwenMiD/
8. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8EHHEVnaLq/
9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8EivAbn6yM/
10. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B8FKsZ2HFpC/
AWAL

**AWAL** is an independent distribution company with headquarters in London, UK. Acquired by Kobalt Music in December 2011, AWAL is Kobalt’s recordings company. The company serves as an alternative to the traditional music label deal, offering deal structures to artists and independent labels without them giving up ownership or control.

Bat for Lashes releases music independently through this label since parting ways with Parlophone in 2017. Her fifth album, *Lost Girls*, was released under this label.

## External links

* AWAL's website
* AWAL on Twitter

## References

1. ↑ "Bat for Lashes Announces New Album *Lost Girls*, Shares New Song: Listen". 10 June 2019. *Pitchfork*.
Princess Marina (3.5 Gauge)

## Overview

Princess Marina is a representation of the LMS Stanier Mogul mixed traffic locomotive. Princess Marina was designed by LBSC. It is a 2-6-0 Tender locomotive, described in English Mechanics in 1935.

## Dimensions

*Locomotive*
Length 28.5 inches
Width 7 inches
Height 11 inches

*Tender*
Length 19 inches
Width 7 inches
Height 10 inches
Strangelove (song)

"**Strangelove**" is a song originally by Depeche Mode covered by Bat For Lashes for a Gucci Guilty for Men campaign. The cover song was made available for free on Gucci's Facebook page.

## Background

Bat For Lashes was picked to cover the song by Gucci's Creative Director Frida Giannini:

> "Natasha’s voice is bewitching and her music is dark yet fascinating."
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When interviewed by a Australian website prior to her performance at the Sydney Opera House in 2011, Natasha discussed how the collaboration with Gucci came along:

> The Gucci thing obviously was really interesting coz I got to just spend a couple of days in the studio, completely reforming and retranslating this Depeche Mode song. I’ve done it with The Cure, ‘A Forest’ before and I just sort of like to take it as a bit of a challenge to do covers in my own way and I find that quite inspiring sometimes.
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> In the studio Christopher and I just sort of starting playing around with piano chords and weird old instruments… just seeing whether [the song for Gucci] had any legs, basically. Sometimes I’ll know straight away if it’s not going to work but this time I sort of quite enjoyed singing it and then we really got into it and I was quite proud of the song so, in the end I was happy for them to use it. I think it’s good to keep somehow involved in what’s going on even while I’m holed away, hibernating (laughs) you know just to keep the cogs turning slightly so I don’t get too rusty…
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## Lyrics

Strangelove

Strange highs and strange lows

Strangelove

That's how my love goes

Strangelove

Will you give it to me?

Will you take the pain?

I will give to you

Again and again

And will you return it

There'll be times

When my crimes

Will seem almost unforgivable

I give in to sin

Because you have to make this life livable

But when you think I've had enough

From your sea of love

I'll take more than another riverful

Yes, I'll make it all worthwhile

I'll make your heart smile

Strangelove

Strange highs and strange lows

Strangelove

That's how my love goes

Strangelove

Will you give it to me?

Will you take the pain?

I will give to you

Again and again

And will you return it

Again and again, pain

Pain, will you return it

I'll say it again - pain

Pain, will you return it

I won't say it again

Strangelove

Strange highs and strange lows

Strangelove

That's how my love goes

Strangelove

Will you give it to me?

Will you take the pain?

I will give to you

Again and again

And will you return it

## References

1. ↑ "Bat for Lashes Covers Depeche Mode". 23 February 2011. *Spin*.
2. ↑ "An interview with Bat For Lashes". 2011. *The Thousands*. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011.
Jennifer Decilveo

**Affiliations** | Andra Day, Ryn Weaver, Beth Ditto, Bat for Lashes,Anne-Marie, Galantis, Melanie Martinez

"**Jennifer Decilveo**" is an American Grammy-nominated and Brit-nominated record producer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. She is known for her work with artists such as Anne-Marie, Melanie Martinez and NCT 127.

Decilveo was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey. She graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Finance from the College of Business and Economics.

## Work with Bat For Lashes

* "Feel For You"
* "Desert Man"
* "Peach Sky"
Howl (song)

"**Howl**" is a song by Bat For Lashes released on the "Trophy" single.

## Background

The song is labeled as a "demo" on the CD/7" single. It was performed for the first time with a string quartet in the end of the *Two Suns* tour in late 2010. It was performed again on Bat For Lashes' two-night residency at Sydney Opera House as part of the Vivid Live festival in June 2011.

## Lyrics

Howl into the night

To the still of the dark

Shout into the silence

And etch out your bark

How angry you are

You won't take it anymore

And watch as the people run to your door

They hurt your heart

They hurt it well

And came to your assistance

In a humanitarian swell

Werewolf howl

Werewolf howl

Roar, scream, shriek, yip, yowl

Werewolf howl

(Roar, scream, shriek)

Howl

(Yip, yowl)

Howl

(Werewolf roar, scream, shriek)

Howl

(Yip, yowl)

(Werewolf)

They came from the sky

They came from the fields

They rode in unsinking boats

Rented their gloves and coats

They hurt your heart

They hurt it well

And came to your assistance

In a humanitarian swell

Werewolf howl

Werewolf howl

Roar, scream, shriek, yip, yowl

Werewolf howl

(Roar, scream, shriek)

Howl

(Yip, yowl)

Howl

(Werewolf roar, scream, shriek)

Howl

(Yip, yowl)

(Werewolf roar, scream, shriek, yip, yowl)

(Werewolf roar, scream, shriek, yip, yowl)

(Werewolf roar, scream, shriek, yip, yowl)

(Werewolf roar, scream, shriek, yip, yowl)

(Werewolf)

(Werewolf)

## References

1. ↑ "Bat for Lashes – Trophy (7")". *Discogs*.
2. ↑ "Bat For Lashes - 'Howl!' (non-HD) @ De La Warr Pavilion 19 Feb 10". *YouTube*.
3. ↑ "Bat for Lashes Setlist at Vivid Live 2011 on June 3, 2011". *Setlist.fm*.
She Bear Records

**She Bear Records** was Bat For Lashes's own imprint/label. Khan's debut single, "The Wizard", was released on seven-inch vinyl through She Bear Records/Echo on 7 May 2006. This imprint can also be found on *Fur and Gold* and some editions of *Two Suns*, as well as on promo singles of "Pearl's Dream".

In an interview with *Westworld* in 2009, she explained why she named her own label "She Bear":

> **WW:** Why did you call your label She Bear Records and have you released any but your own record?
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> **NK:** I haven't been able to do that yet because of the funding, I guess. It's been quite hard to do other people's albums even though I want to. The reason I called it She Bear, I think there's a lot of references to animal imagery...I love to read about Native American mythology and folklore. I love fairy tales and storytelling and a lot of those archetypal stories from other countries like Inuit, or Indian, Native American or Aborigines or whatever you come across. There are lots of animals like totem animals that have characteristics and ways of behaving that human beings have learned from. At that time I was reading about bears and their relationships with each other and how they behave and I felt close, virtually, to bears.
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## References

1. ↑ Batforlashes.co.uk on May 2006
2. ↑ Murphy, Tom (19 August 2009). "Q&A with Natasha Kahn of Bat For Lashes". *Westword*.
Performances

Natasha began to perform performances around 2005 with her independent mixtape already passed through emblematic places, by many festivals, she has been the opening act for Coldplay so she has played in several locations in different countries, even at awards.

Natasha Khan for MusicOMH interview:

> “I was always interested in film and photography alongside sound, like The Velvet Underground with Andy Warhol, when they had dancers on stage with projections of the band behind them. The headdresses and the make-up we wear is an extension of the symbols and themes in the music … [to me], it goes hand in hand.”
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Due to the high amount of information, the content was divided by era (One album promotion cycle). Alternatively, to those who want filtered content, we made some lists available under the alternative navigation section.

## Eras

2005-06: Amateur years2006-08: Fur and Gold2009-11: Two Suns2011-13: The Haunted Man2014-15: SEXWITCH2016-18: The Bride2019-22: Lost Girls2023-27: The Dream Of Delphi

## References

1. ↑ https://www.musicomh.com/features/interviews/interview-bat-for-lashes
Sad Eyes (song)

"**Seal Jubilee**" is the fifth track on Bat For Lashes' debut album, *Fur And Gold*.

## Background

When Natasha recorded this song, she drank a bottle of Whisky and smoke a lot of cigarettes in order to capture the feeling she had when she originally wrote it.

## Lyrics

Don't like the things you don't say

Leaving it for such a long, long time

Why do you show me those sad, sad eyes

Each time you decide to pass on by?

And when you smile

Those sad eyes

Look sadder and sadder still

Autumn's hue in those sad eyes

Makes me love and love them more

We'll have a bath, I'll make the dinner

And then I'll go away for a long, long time

But still, you've not passed my door

And when you smile

Those sad eyes

Look sadder and sadder still

I can tell that you're lonely but it seems now

There's nothing you want me to do

So I won't try to take the sadness from those eyes that I love

Leave it open for someone else to

And when you smile

Those sad eyes

Look sadder and sadder still

Trying to hold it together

Keep my love as light as a feather

Sad eyes, baby

It's been such a long time

Keep my heart breaking in the dark

Come and spend the night

Sad eyes, I'm trying to hold it together

Keep my love as light as a feather

Sad eyes, baby

It's been such a long time

Keep my heart breaking in the dark

Come and spend the night

Sad eyes

Sad eyes

Sad eyes

## References

1. ↑ "Bat For Lashes videocast". *YouTube*.
Lam Plearn Kiew Bao (song)

"**Lam Plearn Kiew Bao**" is the fourth track on Sexwitch's debut self-titled album, *SEXWITCH*. It's a song originally from Thailand by Chanpen Sirithep, released on the compilation album *Sound of Siam Volume 2 - Molam & Luk Thung from North East Thailand 1970​-​1982*.

## Lyrics

Oh, the sound of thunder over the sky

Oh, the sound of the sky over our head

Did you hear the meteorite sound?

You are a handsome guy

You are like the, the stars

Open the curtain and look through it

I fell for you and I was shy

Plenty of women they come for you

Oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why

Can I give you my love?

Can I, can I, can I?

I failed to lower your self

Why, oh why, oh why, oh why?

Oh the sound of the thunder over the sky

Yes, the sky is scattering over our head

I was shy and I fell for you

I want to you give you love

So I end up singing this song

You are like the stars

## References

1. ↑ The Sound Of Siam Volume 2 (Molam & Luk Thung From North-East Thailand 1970-1982)
Piney Point (location)

"**Piney Point**" is a location on the universe of Bat For Lashes' fourth studio album, The Bride.

## About

Nothing is known of Piney Point's history prior to Joe and The Bride's doomed wedding and death.

Thanks to media featured in the era of the fourth studio album, *The Bride*, the location is believed to feature desert areas and small forests. The location is mentioned on the eighth track on the album, "Widow's Peak".

### The tragedy on Piney Point

The tragedy at Piney Point was a headline published in one of the area's newspapers, a story that recounted Joe's unfortunate death minutes before he arrived at the church to marry The Bride. A car accident where the former lost his life.

## Notable residents

* "Joe"
* "The Bride"

## References

1. ↑ Newspaper clipping on *The Bride*'s box set.
Green Man Festival

"**The Green Man Festival**" is an independent music and arts festival held annually in mid-August in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Founded in 2003, it has evolved into a 25,000 capacity four-day event, showcasing predominantly live music (in particular alternative, indie, rock, folk, dance and Americana). The festival site is divided into 10 areas, hosting literature, film, comedy, science, theatre, wellness and family acts. It is also possible to stay for a week at the festival site, known as the Settlement, and explore the surrounding area.

The festival has expanded into other ventures, including setting up a charitable wing called the Green Man Trust and launching its own beer range called Green Man Growler. In 2018, headline acts including Fleet Foxes, The War on Drugs and Public Service Broadcasting. In 2019, headliners included Stereolab, Four Tet and Idles. Amongst acts announced for 2020 were Caribou, Goldfrapp, Michael Kiwanuka, Mac DeMarco and Little Dragon.

The band performed all the songs from the album at this festival on August 22, 2015. Being the first of two unique dates that the band performed to promote the self-titled album, SEXWITCH.

## August 22, 2015

### Setlist

* Ha Howa Ha Howa
* Helelyos
* Ghoroobaa Ghashangan
* Lam Plearn Kiew Bao
* War In Peace
* The Bride
* Kassidat El Hakka
Livestream at Home. Los Angeles, 2021 (album)

(2019)
(2021)
1. "Deep Sea Diver"(promotional single)Released: April 15, 2021
2. "All Your Gold"(promotional single)Released: June 9, 2021

"**Livestream at Home. Los Angeles, 2021**" is the first live album by Bat For Lashes released on 7 June 2021 exclusively on Bandcamp. It's the audio of the livestream concert held on April 9, 2021.

## Music and composition

Bandcamp description:

> "The first live ‘Bat For Lashes’ album, Natasha plays an emotional and intimate stripped back set recorded during a livestream at home and broadcast during a global pandemic in 2021. This album contains old and new love songs including some never before heard re-worked versions of classic Bat For Lashes material, a beautiful and personal document of a unique moment in time."
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Natasha on the song listing:

> "For the livestream on Friday I selected some of my favourite bat for lashes love songs, spanning across a lot of the albums. And having read the comments I can see a lot of people had a good old cry! Seems like we all needed a release 😭🥰 I would love to hear, what was the song that brought a tear to your eye from the show and why?💕"
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Khan explaining why the album was only released on Bandcamp:

> "Spotify doesn’t pay their artists so I’m selling this on bandcamp instead! Giving fans the opportunity to support the musicians they listen to x."
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## Singles

The two full livestream videos that Natasha Khan shared on her social media to promote the project on Bandcamp could be understood as promotional singles.

* "Deep Sea Diver" was released as the first single from the album on April 15, 2021.
* "All Your Gold" was released as the second single from the album on June 9, 2021.

## Credits

* Mike Sutherland - recording engineer, mixing engineer
* Photography — Rachael Pony Cassells.
* Colour — Louise Mason.

## References

1. ↑ "NEW LIVE ALBUM!!"
2. ↑ https://batforlashes.bandcamp.com/album/livestream-at-home-los-angeles-2021
3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnfjH6nC52/
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CPz8SoGnTE5/
Rest Your Head (song)

"**Rest Your Head**" is the tenth track on Bat For Lashes' third album, *The Haunted Man*.

## Background

Natasha sees "Rest Your Head" as a "healing and nurturing" song. The song debuted live at The Junction, Cambridge on 13 June 2012, where "A Wall" and the reworked version of "Oh Yeah" also were debuted.

In a track-by-track interview with *Q Magazine*, she discussed how this song came about:

> "I was working with Dan Carey on the beats and stuff. Rest Your Head has got this dubby vibe to the low notes with me playing some piano for real over the top. We were listening to the Jamie xx/ Gil Scott Heron album and I was also thinking about some 90s dance music. I like to combine the electronic with organic things and give them a bit of humanity. I've got no idea where I'll go next - I've got absolutely nothing. It's like when you've just had a baby and you're breastfeeding. I don't want to think about another baby right now!"
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## Lyrics

Come on now, rest your head

And I’ll protect you

You’ve been running too fast, running for fear

You’ve got to stop sometime soon

Pushing through barriers and pushing through seas

And the witch'll come for you

You’ve been running up hills and running too slow

But just keep on running, keep on running

Look what you find, look what you find

Come on and rest your head!

And I will protect you

Come on now!

Come on and rest your head

You gotta stop sometime soon

The power’s so strong and if you don’t know why

There’s a deeper knowing in that big old sky

Could say you’re in the wrong place at the right time

But don’t keep on running, keep on running

Stick to the spot

Come on and rest your head!

And I will protect you

Come on now!

Come on and rest your head

You gotta stop sometime soon

## References

1. ↑ "Interview: Natasha Khan (of Bat For Lashes)". 23 October 2012. *Consequence of Sound*.
2. ↑ https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bat-for-lashes/2012/cambridge-junction-cambridge-england-2bdf38aa.html
3. ↑ "Bat For Lashes - Natasha Khan's Guide To New Album The Haunted Man". *Q Magazine*.
Near (song)

"**Near**" is a song by The Album Leaf featuring Bat For Lashes from The Album Leaf's *Future Falling* album, released on 3 February 2023.

## Background

On 2 February 2023, Natasha Khan announced she would be featured on a new single by The Album Leaf.

## Lyrics

Do you feel me near?

I keep you

Deep in this heart

In a deepest words in the dark

Do you feel me near?

In the dreamest works of your heart

Stay close to mine

I keep you

In a photograph I know

Takes a long time to hold

Takes a long time to hold

Do you feel me near?

I keep you

Deep in this heart

In a deepest words in the dark

Do you feel me near?

In the dreamest works of your heart

Stay close to mine

I keep you

Takes a long time to hold

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CoKAr\_EIKeB/
Never Forgive The Angels (song)

**"Never Forgive The Angels"** is a song performed by Bat For Lashes. It serves as the sixth track on Bat For Lashes' fourth album, The Bride.

## Music and composition

It is a “very angry” song, as described by Natasha in an interview, because the bride’s fiancé passed away:

> “There’s a song called *Never Forgive The Angels* which is very angry and I think it’s really important not to get rid of one thing or the other, but you have to go through it and, like you explained, you had to go through those things and let out those emotions and sit with that.”
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Khan explained to *Loud And Quiet* radio show the anger behind the song:

> “In *The Bride* story, she loses that thing and what follows is anger, like the song *Never Forgive the Angels* is like ‘fuck you! I’ll never forgive you’ for the fact that you’ve taken this away from me. When I sing it live, I feel the audience and we understand what anger is, darkness, disappointment, fear, and just everything being in chaos. And I think that’s a valid human feeling and it’s a very relevant and important part of the grieving process, so I wouldn’t say to people, ‘don’t feel angry, don’t feel sad.’ We have to go through these feelings.”
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## Lyrics

On a road, forever

He will be riding to me

Metal death, cliffs exploding

Sirens moan to me

Nightmares come and they don't go

For my love is gone

And I will never forgive the angels for that

And I will never forgive the angels for that

On a road, forever

He will be riding to me

Devil hearts explode

Beside me

Nightmares come and they won't go

For my love is gone

And I will never forgive the angels for that

And I will never forgive the angels for that

## Credits

**Personnel**

* Natasha Khan — songwriting, production, vocals, guitar and drums
* Ben Christophers — bass and piano
* Simone Felice — recording

**Technical**
* Recorded At The Retreat Brighton & Ohayo Mountain, Woodstock, NYC

## References

1. ↑ http://pilerats.com/written/get-to-know/bat-for-lashes/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQiDMKiqdJY&feature=youtu.be&t=20m33s
Marilyn (song)

"**Marilyn**" is the eighth track on Bat For Lashes' third album, *The Haunted Man*. It was released as a promotional single on 13 September 2012. It was available as a free download in the UK via Amazon.

## Background

Natasha worked on this track with Beck, who previously collaborated with her on 2010's "Let's Get Lost".

> This is one of my favourites. It's really romantic to me. It's one I worked with Beck on and the little arpeggio sounds and shoegazey guitars came from the sessions with him. I've got fond memories of recording it. It's about being in love with someone who is unattainable. It's a romantic, gushy sweet song. I love how experimental and playful Beck is still. He's always got an energy. He has a lovely family too. I hung out with his kids and his wife and we had a lovely time.
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Natasha said the song was inspired by 2011 action drama film *Drive*:

> ‘Marilyn’ for me is like a sensual song. I think it’s really romantic. It was really inspired by going to see that movie *Drive* just because I really love the soundtrack and that kind of slow, LA disco thing that’s been happening for quite a few years now. It definitely drew that as a influence. Beck also plays quite a lot of stuff on this song, so you have his shoegazing guitar sounds and some of his lovely synths.
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The version released on YouTube on September 2012 may be a pre-master version as it lacks the effects and orchestral arrangements from the final album version. The audio from the video was later replaced for the album version.

## Audio

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## Lyrics

See your face at night

Touch you black and white

You're a silver screen

Visual balladry

Wanna move in the dark

Play the part

Put your star in me

Visual balladry

Holding you I'm touching a star

Turning into a Marilyn

Leaning out of your big car

Holding you I'm touching a star

Stay the night if you think you know

Think you know what you're good for

See your face at night

In forever light

You're a silver beam

Visual balladry

Wanna move in the dark

Play the part

Put your star in me

Visual balladry

Holding you I'm touching a star

Turning into a Marilyn

Leaning out of your big car

Holding you I'm touching a star

Stay the night if you think you know

Think you know what you're good for

Holding you I'm touching a star

Turning into a Marilyn

Leaning out of your big car

Holding you I'm touching a star

Stay the night if you think you know

Think you know what you're good for

Holding you I'm touching a star

Stay the night if you think you know

Think you know what you're good for

## References

1. ↑ "Listen to a new Bat for Lashes song; download it for free in the UK". 13 September 2012. *FACT*.
2. ↑ "Bat For Lashes - Natasha Khan's Guide To New Album The Haunted Man". 12 October 2012. *Q Magazine*.
3. ↑ "Bat For Lashes: 'The Haunted Man' - Track by Track". 2012.
Neil Krug

**Neil Krug** is an American director, photographer and artist based in Los Angeles. He has worked with Bat For Lashes from 2014 to the present to do shoots for her major-label album *The Bride*. Krug has also worked with Natasha for magazine shoots and other promotional images. He took the single cover photo of "We've Only Just Begun".
Giant Hornet

The **Japanese Giant Hornet** is a species of hornet found in Japan.

Coyote Peterson considers it the second worst insect sting in the world.

## Description

The Giant Hornet is a giant wasp with a very distinctive orange-and-dark brown color scheme.

## Sting

The Giant Hornet's sting is said to feel like being stabbed with a glowing-hot nail. When the stinger went into his arm, it plunged very deeply into his arm, similar to that of the bullet ant, which injected venom into his arm and a wave came over him and he felt over him and he got dizzy, and almost didn't feel what happened, and the pain seared and excruciated. His arm continued swelling which nearly doubled its normal size, and the pain continued for hours.
Horse and I (song)

"**Horse and I**" is the opening track on Bat For Lashes' debut album, *Fur and Gold*.

## Background

"Horse and I" came to Natasha in a dream whilst working as a nursery teacher. Inspired by tales of Joan of Arc, she is woken by a black horse at the window and sent on a fateful quest.

In a interview, she explained in depth what drew inspiration to the song:

> ‘Horse and I’ came to me in a dream. It was very vivid, and I suppose it’s a song about travelling and journeys and initiations into new places that are a bit frightening, too. All the words and the story came from that. At the time I was dreaming a lot, and I had this particularly strong dream of the horse coming to me and taking me through the forest and then to these ghosts of children singing. And there’s a crown there in this clearing, and it’s just this obvious symbol of me starting off on a journey.
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On the same interview, she discussed how she recorded the vocals for the song in the forest:

> I didn’t want to stay in the gray boring vocal booth. So I said to David [Kosten], ‘I really want to record this vocal track out in the forest,’ and it was raining and misty, and we were recording in this dilapidated old mansion house out in the country. So he made the lead 40-feet long, I went out there and recorded the lead vocal, and if you isolate the track, you can hear all the rain on the leaves and wind.
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On 9 June 2021, a demo of the song was leaked.

## Lyrics

Got woken in the night

By a mystic, golden light

My head soaked in river water

I had been dressed in a coat of armour

They called a horse out of the woodland

"Take her there, through the desert shores"

They sang to me, "This is yours to wear"

"You're the chosen one, there's no turning back now"

The smell of redwood giants

A banquet for the shadows

Horse and I

We're dancers in the dark

Came upon a headdress

It was gilded, dark and golden

The children sang

I was so afraid

I took it to my head and prayed

They sang to me, "This is yours to wear"

"You're the chosen one, there's no turning back"

They sang to me, "This is yours to wear"

"You're the chosen one, there's no turning back now"

There is no turning back

There is no turn

There is no turning back

There is no turn

There is no turning back

There is no turn

## Credits

* Natasha Khan - vocals, keyboards, percussion, strings arrangement
* Abi Fry - viola, strings arrangement
* Howard Gott - violin
* Sophie Sirota - violin
* Tim Byford - drums
* Emma Ramsdale - harp

## References

1. ↑ "Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold". Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. *Batforlashes.com*.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "DiScover: Bat For Lashes / In Depth". 11 September 2006. *Drowned in Sound*.
3. ↑ "Horse and I (Demo)"
Nicole Ngai

"**Nicole Ngai**" born in Singapore, she currently lives in London with her friends Wenchu (writer and a model) and Chantel (a modern futurist focussing on movement and speed). Influenced by the Asian culture and moved by the archetypical non-conformist perception of art in Europe, Nicole Ngai found herself portraying a generation that desires to explore more. Questioning beauty with through the innocence of the beginnings, this young artist arrived in London to challenge her medium of expression –photography.
Jasmine (character)

"**Jasmine"** is a character on the universe of Bat For Lashes's fifth album, Lost Girls. She is portrayed by unknown.

## Background

When asked about how much was Natasha Khan’s perspective or her protagonist’s (Nikki Pink) on the songwriting for Lost Girlsduring her September 13, 2019 interview with Women In Pop, Khan explained this song in particular:

> “Jasmine is a spoken word, film noir song about this girl that goes round killing men at night, burying their bodies at the bottom of a cemetery. Obviously that’s not me but there’s an aspect to it where I feel that way sometimes when I’m walking around at night, stalking.”
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She's actually the main protagonist in this script that Natasha working. She just finished a scriptwriting course at UCLA.

## Traits

Jasmine is introduced to the story as a beautiful young woman who can seduce whoever she wants, however, her personality is purely cold and murderous whoever stands in her way. Natasha only shared a couple of images on her Instagram so the woman in the image is believed to be Jasmine.

## Life

A girl kind of much like the heady scent of jasmine that you get in LA in the summertime that sort of perfumes the night. But she's kind of a serial killer that stalks LA. She kills people and buries them in iconic places like Hollywood Forever Cemetery. And so yeah, she's one of the vampire gang. But it's kind of a microcosmic narrative story within that idea.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B1UDgHHHDYv/
2. ↑ https://www.npr.org/transcripts/805707037
Justin Parker

**Justin Parker** is an English songwriter and record producer best known for his work with female singer-songwriters, including Bat For Lashes and Lana Del Rey.

## Work with Bat For Lashes

At her label's behest, Natasha Khan and Parker were brought together to write *The Haunted Man*'s lead single, "Laura", the album's only co-written song. He played piano and produced Khan's vocals on the track.

> “I wouldn’t have done it before,” Natasha admits, “but that was like a workshop in songwriting where I did actually learn a lot. It was the label’s idea – they felt I needed more ‘hits’. That’s what I thought was so ironic – it’s always going to sound like me, and in terms of the singles (like, ‘All Your Gold’, ‘A Wall’ and ‘Rest Your Head’ – they’re the ones that they think are singles), they’re all the ones I wrote, and I’m like, ‘excuse me, they sounded like that when I started, so what’s the problem?’.”
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## References

1. ↑ *The Haunted Man* (2012), liner notes.
2. ↑ "Bat For Lashes returns, minus the dress-up to deliver her most direct and honest album yet". 30 August 2012. *Loud and Quiet*.
Peach Sky (song)

"**Peach Sky**" is a song performed by Bat For Lashes. It serves as the ninth track on Natasha's fifth album, *Lost Girls*.

## Background

On September 8, 2019, Natasha shared an artwork for the track.

## Music and composition

The song title is a reference to the peach skies of Los Angeles, where Natasha moved to from London after the end of her record deal and recorded *Lost Girls*.

> “There are even threads of Middle Eastern rhythms in “Peach Sky,” something that harkens her Pakistani background. “It wasn’t a conscious thing,” she says of the influence, something that really hasn’t shown itself in her music before. “When I moved to LA, the boiling hot nights reminded me of the time I spent in Pakistan as a kid. All my cousins had snakes and monkeys as pets. They all drank Coca Cola because it was the cool American thing to do. They had leather jackets. They really loved Michael Jackson. When I moved to LA, the hot country, dusty, desert-y, hyper-American culture thing really reminded me of them, and it brought back all these memories of being in Pakistan. I think that’s what came out in my music this time around.”
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## Critical reception

Super Deluxe Edition opined:

> “"Safe Tonight" keeps the pace up with an a ambient clubby vibe, while penultimate number "*Peach Sky"* borrows the rulebook of pop from Tears For Fears *Songs From The Big Chair*, with ‘Shout’-like rhythms and percussion. It has a slightly bonkers lead keyboard line, but you can’t not be seduced when Khan whispers “Am I coming on too strong?” against an atmospheric synth pad backing.”
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Pitchfork opined:

> “It’s a reminder that her magically theatrical songs are most powerful when rooted in simple, stark human needs, from the desperate desire that floods “Peach Sky” to the heartbreak that propels “Mountains” into its crushing coda.”
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## Lyrics

Am I on your mind?

'Cause I want you all the time

Oh, you and I know

I know it ain't right

So I, I want a long goodnight

Oh, and I wait for love

No matter where you go

Am I coming on too strong?

Oh, you and I know

I know it ain't right

I, I want a long goodnight

*?dnim ruoy no I mA*
Emit eht lla uoy tnaw I esuaC'

?dnim ruoy no I mA

Emit eht lla uoy tnaw I esuaC

Oh, you and I know

I know it ain't right

So I, I want a long goodnight

You know that I

Will do you right, I won't chase you down

You know that I

Would do it right, I won't chase you down

You know that I

Can do it right, I won't chase you down

'Cause I'm your girl

'Cause I'm your girl

I'm your girl

## References

1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B2JSi9wHotm/
2. ↑ Roldan, Ray (18 February 2020). "Bat for Lashes—The Dark and Seductive World of the Lost Girls". *The Aquarian*.
3. ↑ https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/reviews/bat-for-lashes-lost-girls-review/
4. ↑ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bat-for-lashes-lost-girls/
The Wizard (song)

"****The Wizard****"
"Trophy"

"**The Wizard"** is a song performed by Bat For Lashes. It serves as the sixth track on Natasha's debut album, *Fur And Gold*. It is the first single from the album released on May 8, 2006.

## Background

On September 11, 2006, Natasha released a limited edition of the single of "The Wizard" in 7'' vinyl format, Side A contained the single version of the song and Side B contained "I Saw A Light" (Demo Version), through She Bear/Echo.

The music video is a excerpt from Jonathan Caouette / Warp Films ATP documentary, directed by Jack Dixon and Millie Harvey and released three years later.

## Music and composition

Natasha Khan, during her 2007 interview with Under the Radar:

> “Especially for the first album, it's something that has been living with you for awhile, and it has developed all of your life to that point. When I went in to the do the album, I had pages of notes," she admits. "Each song had quotes from different films that made me think of it and different sounds and visual images and bits of poetry and drawings. I'll build up from the roots this certain part of the universe, and each song forms a part, and it has all of its own characters and colors. I think when I went in, the producer I worked with [David Kosten] was pleasantly shocked that I was so prepared. He said that he'd never seen that before," she laughs. "But it was also important that there was an element of spontaneity and experimentation.”
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## Critical reception

Exclaim! opined:

> “This Brighton, UK-based outfit unleash a dark and magical potion of folk, fantasy and an assortment of intense emotions. Led by the lush, gorgeous voice of Natasha Khan, a wondrous fusion of Björk, Kate Bush and Chan Marshall, "The Wizard is beautiful and haunting enough to soundtrack both dreams and nightmares. Devendra Banharts a fan, but this is much more primordial and spellbinding. This could raise goth from its deep, forgotten crypt.”
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## Lyrics

Doing the mess around

Push me down into the ground

Taste the hands that drink my body

Fight me in the dark

Wrestle your bones over mine

Into our moonless march come the wizard

Come, the wizard comes

The wizard comes

The wizard comes

The wizard comes

Wants to feel you shake and shooting

He will be our leader

Wants to feel you shake and shooting

He will be our leader

Trembling midnight lands

I travel with the wizard

Drink his blood and he's our leader

Breath songs in my head

Slow arrow flies, are burning

And the trouble we possess

While the sunshine goes on sleeping

The sunshine

Wants to feel you shake and shooting

He will be our leader

Wants to feel you shake and shooting

He will be our leader

Wants to feel you shake and shooting

He will be our leader

Wants to feel you shake and shooting

He will be our leader

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Batforlashes.co.uk on May 2006
2. ↑ http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/throwback\_thursday\_bat\_for\_lashes\_interview\_from\_2007/
3. ↑ http://exclaim.ca/music/article/bat\_for\_lashes-wizard