nimrod2253 schreef:
Hoorde zojuist What's a Girl To Do? Heel fijn nummer inderdaad.Klinkt heel erg als The Shangri-la's maar dan in een modern jasje. Is dit nummer representatief voor de rest van het album?
nee, niet echt. What's a Girl To Do? was de laatste singel van deze album (maar blijkbaar de eerste die in NL te horen is?!) - Bat For Lashes (aka Natasha Khan) is op shortlist voor Mercury Music Prize dat in September wordt uitgereikt. Hopelijk komen ze ook dit jaar terug naar NL voor wat concert(en) want live vind ik ze fantastisch.
Album recensie (in engels) geft meer info over rest van deze aanbevolen debut album...
BAT FOR LASHES - Fur and Gold (She Bear / Echo Records)
Released September 2006
Wow! ... And just how often does someone get to start an album review with a word like that? Because as far as debut albums are concerned this one has shot straight into our Top 5 releases of the year so far. An extraordinary, mesmerizing, haunting album made up with a rather unique use of keyboards, string arrangements, drums, guitars, handclaps & foot taps, percussion and a harpsichord, along with a stunning vocal delivery by Natasha Khan who seems to be able to change direction at will and that at times her voice is not too dissimilar to Björk, while on other occasions you can hear Tori Amos or PJ Harvey, so much so that when I heard "The Wizard" (track 6) for the first time it was like Tori Amos and Björk singing a duet! But that's not all, because after the harp intro to opening track "Horse and I" it is as if Sinéad O'Connor has returned to team up with a military drum unit and by the time Natasha finishes the song with the words "there is no turning back" there really isn't, while on 2 of the songs ("What's A Girl To Do?" & "Sarah") there are parts when it is like listening to The Creatures, especially "Sarah" (track 10) that starts like a homage to "Gecko" (1983) before totally changing direction. This is also an album that contains both beautiful piano ballads (track 5) and eerie ballads (track 9), powerful lyrics like in "Trophy" (track 2) and by the time "I Saw A Light" draws the album to its conclusion you can't help yourself reaching over to press play all over again. A highly recommended debut album that is in need of your attention now! - 8.5/10 - TerryA – 20th October 2006