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Bat For Lashes perform in the Current studio

by Barb Abney and Bat for Lashes

October 03, 2007

Natasha Kahn
Natasha Kahn of Bat for Lashes
Photo: Bohdan Cap

Not so very long ago, Natasha Kahn began having very vivid dreams. When she awoke one morning she asked herself who wrote the song she heard in her dream? She realized she had written the entire song in her sleep. She continued to apply the things she was dreaming, layering both delicate and bombastic elements together to create the album Fur And Gold.

She was nominated for The Mercury Music Prize and an MTV European Music Award. While on her North American tour, she dropped by our studios and talked with Barb Abney about the vision of her album and videos; the other artist's whose songs she has re-orchestrated to play during her live sets.

Songs performed
"Prescilla", "Lonely" (Tom Waits cover from Closing Time), and "Moon & Moon" (Web exclusive)