Track Listing

1. Horse And I
2. Trophy
3. Tahiti
4. What's a Girl To Do?
5. Sad Eyes
6. The Wizard
7. Prescilla
8. Bat's Mouth
9. Seal Jubilee
10. Sarah
11. I Saw A Light
12. I'm on Fire (Bonus Track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15631 in Music
• Released on: 2007-07-31
• Number of discs: 1

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Bat for Lashes Photos

From Amazon.co.uk
Look at Natasha Khan, with her Cleopatra shawl and elfish hair, on the cover of Fur and Gold, and you'll surely have this half-Pakistani, half-English songstress pegged as the first British riposte to the U.S. freak-folk movement that's thrown up figures like Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, and Cocorosie. In some ways, that's an accurate comparison: Bat for Lashes has a way with mystique, one which elevates even quite simple topics-–the break-up tale of "What's a Girl to Do?"-–into grand achievements of ghostly trauma: "My bat-lightning heart," she whispers, "wants to fly away." Dig a little deeper, though, because the music to be found on Fur and Gold has a more complex provenance. "Horse and I," a harpsichord-led track embellished with theremin and a militaristic drum motif, is the sort of vintage-modern soundscape reminiscent of Björk at her most restrained, while elsewhere the dramatic tale-telling of "Prescilla" and "Bat's Mouth" suggest Bat for Lashes might yet develop into a songwriter of the poetic calibre of Kate Bush. The debut album from Bat for Lashes is a haunting, richly orchestrated work that, for all its experimentation and intelligence, is emotional and deeply moving. --Louis Pattison

Customer Reviews

Bjork dressed in fur and gold with bats flying around
At first, I thought the first two songs, in particular, on this CD were really clever. However, after a few listens, I realized that they were fairly empty. The singer sounds like a Bjork ripoff, and the music also is somewhere between British club music and Bjork. The bat leitmotif is also a tad annoying because it seems to be based on a young girl's obsession with bats, but as a metaphor, there is no real connection drawn between bats and the human condition. You can't just use violas and tribal drums and make gorgeous and poetic music. If you want something new and different and not too out there, go buy a Patrick Wolf CD. This band is going to have a short life, where Patrick Wolf will be peaking in about two or three years.

Awesome new album!! I can't wait for more!
I love this band and I am so glad that I clicked onto the right website, at the right time to hear the music being played on this very high profile website!If you are looking for that extra something special but don't know where to look....then this is the right band for you! "Bat for Lashes" is going to be the next big thing to hit the world of music!

Fur and gold
I think it was Spin magazine that aroused my curiousity towards Natasha Khan (aka Bat for Lashes). I was fortunate to have found a copy of FUR & GOLD at my library. The firt thing that I noticed when I first listened to FUR & GOLD is the Bjork comparison. Natasha's vocals. I liked what I heard but the songs didn't really start growing on me until I had listened to the cd several times. Now I have come to really love the cd. I am reminded of both Bjork, Kate Bush, and a smidgeon of Tori Amos (at least the music aspect). I have always loved the delicate sounds of the harpsichord so to hear that on a song like "Horse and I" is a real treat for me. You really don't hear harpsichord in modern music nowadays. Overall FUR & GOLD is a wonderful album to kick back and relax to.