Fur & Gold

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List Price: £7.99 (GBP)
  • Lowest New Price: £3.61
  • Lowest Used Price: £3.49
  • Total New: 13
  • Total Used: 5
  • Total Collectible: 0
  • Total Refurbished: 0
  • Artist : Bat for Lashes
  • Binding : Audio CD
  • EAN : 0094639820023
  • Label : EMI
  • Manufacturer : EMI
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : Music
  • Publisher : EMI
  • Release Date : 2007-06-28
  • SKU : 507-2-094639820023-HK1-X-393
  • Studio : EMI
  • UPC : 094639820023

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 US 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 Bjork 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

- Amazon.co.uk Review

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