Bat For Lashes begins 'darker' second album
Mercury and Brit nominee starts recording in New York
Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan is set to go into the studio next week (February 25) to start work on her second record.
The singer-songwriter will be recording the follow-up to ‘Fur And Gold’, her Mercury Music Prize-nominated 2006 debut, in New York.
Khan claims the album will have a darker, more electronic feel than her more pastoral, keyboard-led debut, saying: “I don't think it could be too wildly different because it always comes from the heart and that's coming from the same place, but I think it's gonna be more visceral, a bit more beaty and possibly a bit more darker.”
The Brit Awards nominee is also set to collaborate with New York band Gang Gang Dance on the album.
Speaking to XFM, Khan explained: “They're gonna play drums and synths and I'm not gonna give away too much but it might involve, like, choirs and beats and electronics. So it's all gonna be a big mixture.”
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The singer-songwriter will be recording the follow-up to ‘Fur And Gold’, her Mercury Music Prize-nominated 2006 debut, in New York.
Khan claims the album will have a darker, more electronic feel than her more pastoral, keyboard-led debut, saying: “I don't think it could be too wildly different because it always comes from the heart and that's coming from the same place, but I think it's gonna be more visceral, a bit more beaty and possibly a bit more darker.”
The Brit Awards nominee is also set to collaborate with New York band Gang Gang Dance on the album.
Speaking to XFM, Khan explained: “They're gonna play drums and synths and I'm not gonna give away too much but it might involve, like, choirs and beats and electronics. So it's all gonna be a big mixture.”
The Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 are coming soon – and it’s time to have your say. Vote now by heading to NME.COM/awardsvote and you could win VIP tickets to the ceremony, which takes place in London on February 28.
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