
“You are the music while the music lasts.” -T.S. Eliot Bat for Lashes – “All Your Gold” Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan wraps her songs in pretty tones and synthesized instrumentation, but never overdresses the arrangements. On “All Your Gold”, she’s stripped things down to only her voice and an unobtrusive beat. A comforting string section creeps in during the chorus, but otherwise, Khan is all by herself. And it’s no wonder; she’s dealing with that stressful little thing called love (“you’re a good man, you’re a [...]

photo by Hilary Harris Another track from Bat For Lashes ' forthcoming album The Haunted Man (out October 23rd through Parlophone/EMI) has surfaced online, and although it isn't named for a woman like its predecessors "Laura" and "Marilyn", "All Your Gold" is just as stunning. Listen to it below: Like Natasha Khan, Pinback have been slowly dripping tracks from their forthcoming LP Information Retrieved at various spots on the [...]
New Pornographers frontman A.C. Newman is issuing his third solo album this fall via Matador. The as-yet-untitled work will be supported by a North American tour, which kicks off October 21 in Toronto ... The Haunted Man is the title of Bat For Lashes’ third full-length, set for an October 23 release on Capitol ... [...]

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