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Bat For Lashes Is A Pseudonym Of Brighton UK Based Singer-Songwriter / Multi-Instrumentalist / Visual Artist Natasha Khan B. 25 Oct 1979 In Hertfordshire England . She Made Her Debut With Single The Wizard May 2006 She Bear/Drowned In Sound Following With Albums Fur And Gold Sept 2006 Echo Two Suns Apr 2009 Echo/Parlophone The Haunted Man Oct 2012 Echo/Parlophone Albumartist Bat For Lashes The Bride July 2016 Echo/Parlophone And Her Latest Album Is Lost Girls September 2019 . Khan Graduated Brighton University In Music And Visual Arts Where Her Experimental Multi-Media / Installation / Animation / Performance Art's Influences Spanned Tape Loop / Effects Pioneer Steve Reich And Installation / Performance Artist Susan Hiller. Afterwards When Working As A Nursery School Teacher She Began Writing For Her Début. "Whenever I'm Writing Music It's A Very Visual Place In My Mind " She Said "It Has A Location Full Of Characters And Colours And Landscapes So Those Two Things Really Complement Each Other And They Help The Other One To Blossom And Support The Other. They Are Like Brother And Sister." Bat For Lashes Music Has Been Likened To That Of Björk Who Herself Attended Khan's Early Gigs Kate Bush PJ Harvey Annie Lennox Tori Amos And Fiona Apple. "The Wizard" Was Primarily Released On 7-Inch From Khan's Own She Bear Label And Subsequently Fur And Gold On Echo. In 2007 She Was Honoured With A ASCAP Vanguard Award And Selected To Open The Prestigious ASCAP Presents… 2007 14 Mar In Austin TX USA An Industry Showcase Within SXSW 2007 . Later Via A Small Manimal Vinyl Fur And Gold Pressing May 2007 Bat For Lashes Transferred To Parlophone. She Appeared At Glastonbury 2007 23 June . In July 2007 Fur And Gold Joe's Pub NYC On 1 May 2007 Recordings And A Plaid Remix Yielded EP What's A Girl To Do? 7 Jul 2007 EMI . Then On The 17th The Album's 2007 Mercury Prize Nomination Was Announced - Despite Being A UK Media Favourite To Win It Lost To Klaxons' Myths Of The Near Future. 25 Jul 2007 At Knitting Factory Brooklyn NY Was The Fist Gig Of A Three Month North American Tour Interrupted Only By European Festival Appearances. In 2008 Bat For Lashes Was Nominated For Brit Awards 'Best British Breakthrough Act' And 'Best British Female' Her Distinctive What's A Girl To Do? Video Brought Her To Prominence And Starting With Malahide Castle Dublin IE On 6 Jun 2008 She Toured With Radiohead For A Month Opening More Than A Dozen European Shows. Perfect As Cats A Tribute To The Cure Oct 2008 Manimal Vinyl Included Her Cover Of A Forest. The Lead Single For Her Second Album Was "Daniel" And Released In March. On 23 February Khan Revealed In An Interview On Radio Station XFM That The Cover For The Single Had Been Shot On Brighton Beach Near Her Home. She Also Designed A Limited Edition Cover For Fact Magazine Which Coincided With An Interview She Did For Them. Bat For Lashes Released Her Second Album Two Suns In April 2009 Which Received Comparisons To The Work Of Stevie Nicks Dolores O'Riordan And Fleetwood Mac. Bat For Lashes Live Backing During The Two Suns Tours As March 2009 Included Among Others Ben Christophers Charlotte Hatherley And Sarah Jones Drums - Of New Young Pony Club . She Appeared On BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. She Performed An Acoustic Version Of The Single "Daniel " And Also Covered "Use Somebody" By Kings Of Leon. Her First Appearance On US Broadcast Television Was 1 May 2009 On The Late Show With David Letterman Performing The Song "Daniel". On May 15 2009 She Appeared On NPR World Cafe Where She Performed "Daniel" "Moon And Moon Piano Only And Prescilla". On June 13 2012 Bat For Lashes Announced The Title Of Her Upcoming Third Studio Album "The Haunted Man" To Be Released In October. The Album Was Produced As With Fur And Gold And Two Suns By Faultline. While Not Performing As Well In Europe As Two Suns The Haunted Man Was Her Highest Charting Album In The US To Date At #64. Singles "Laura" "All Your Gold" "A Wall" And "Lilies" Followed.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Lilies
Bat-For-Lashes - The Haunted Man
She Told NME Magazine On 28 July 2012 "With 'Lilies' I Was Thinking About My Grandmother But I Was Also Inspired By Ryan's Daughter Because It's About A Woman Who's Stuck In This Irish Village By The Sea And She Waits For This Soldier Who Comes Over The Hill. I Used That As A Visual Inspiration To Talk About Women Waiting For Men In A Symbolic Way Whether It's In War Or With Someone Who's Not There Emotionally." Natasha Sees This Song As The Manifesto For The Haunted Man "Every Time I Write An Album The First Track Is My Favourite In A Way. This One Especially Because The Content Of The Song Is A Really Good Manifesto For The Rest Of The Record. It Starts Out Haunted By Being Lonely Or Not Able To Get Inspiration Feeling A Bit Isolated. By The End It Moves Into This Pro-Life Elated Full-On Ending. For Me The Album Is About Letting Go Of Things And Resolving Something. I Think Because I Wrote It Over Such A Long Time – A Period Of Two Years – I Was Almost Trying To Get Away From Extremes Trying To Be A Real Person And Settle Down And Find Out About Those Bits In Between The Drama Of Feeling Really Sad And Fucked Up And Really Euphoric And Happy Because I’d Written The Last Album In That Dramatic Dark Place. I Wanted The The Haunted Man To Be A Bit More Eclectic And Varied And Rich I Suppose."
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Bat For Lashes Is A Pseudonym Of Brighton UK Based Singer-Songwriter / Multi-Instrumentalist / Visual Artist Natasha Khan B. 25 Oct 1979 In Hertfordshire England . She Made Her Debut With Single The Wizard May 2006 She Bear/Drowned In Sound Following With Albums Fur And Gold Sept 2006 Echo Two Suns Apr 2009 Echo/Parlophone The Haunted Man Oct 2012 Echo/Parlophone Albumartist Bat For Lashes The Bride July 2016 Echo/Parlophone And Her Latest Album Is Lost Girls September 2019 . Khan Graduated Brighton University In Music And Visual Arts Where Her Experimental Multi-Media / Installation / Animation / Performance Art's Influences Spanned Tape Loop / Effects Pioneer Steve Reich And Installation / Performance Artist Susan Hiller. Afterwards When Working As A Nursery School Teacher She Began Writing For Her Début. "Whenever I'm Writing Music It's A Very Visual Place In My Mind " She Said "It Has A Location Full Of Characters And Colours And Landscapes So Those Two Things Really Complement Each Other And They Help The Other One To Blossom And Support The Other. They Are Like Brother And Sister." Bat For Lashes Music Has Been Likened To That Of Björk Who Herself Attended Khan's Early Gigs Kate Bush PJ Harvey Annie Lennox Tori Amos And Fiona Apple. "The Wizard" Was Primarily Released On 7-Inch From Khan's Own She Bear Label And Subsequently Fur And Gold On Echo. In 2007 She Was Honoured With A ASCAP Vanguard Award And Selected To Open The Prestigious ASCAP Presents… 2007 14 Mar In Austin TX USA An Industry Showcase Within SXSW 2007 . Later Via A Small Manimal Vinyl Fur And Gold Pressing May 2007 Bat For Lashes Transferred To Parlophone. She Appeared At Glastonbury 2007 23 June . In July 2007 Fur And Gold Joe's Pub NYC On 1 May 2007 Recordings And A Plaid Remix Yielded EP What's A Girl To Do? 7 Jul 2007 EMI . Then On The 17th The Album's 2007 Mercury Prize Nomination Was Announced - Despite Being A UK Media Favourite To Win It Lost To Klaxons' Myths Of The Near Future. 25 Jul 2007 At Knitting Factory Brooklyn NY Was The Fist Gig Of A Three Month North American Tour Interrupted Only By European Festival Appearances. In 2008 Bat For Lashes Was Nominated For Brit Awards 'Best British Breakthrough Act' And 'Best British Female' Her Distinctive What's A Girl To Do? Video Brought Her To Prominence And Starting With Malahide Castle Dublin IE On 6 Jun 2008 She Toured With Radiohead For A Month Opening More Than A Dozen European Shows. Perfect As Cats A Tribute To The Cure Oct 2008 Manimal Vinyl Included Her Cover Of A Forest. The Lead Single For Her Second Album Was "Daniel" And Released In March. On 23 February Khan Revealed In An Interview On Radio Station XFM That The Cover For The Single Had Been Shot On Brighton Beach Near Her Home. She Also Designed A Limited Edition Cover For Fact Magazine Which Coincided With An Interview She Did For Them. Bat For Lashes Released Her Second Album Two Suns In April 2009 Which Received Comparisons To The Work Of Stevie Nicks Dolores O'Riordan And Fleetwood Mac. Bat For Lashes Live Backing During The Two Suns Tours As March 2009 Included Among Others Ben Christophers Charlotte Hatherley And Sarah Jones Drums - Of New Young Pony Club . She Appeared On BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. She Performed An Acoustic Version Of The Single "Daniel " And Also Covered "Use Somebody" By Kings Of Leon. Her First Appearance On US Broadcast Television Was 1 May 2009 On The Late Show With David Letterman Performing The Song "Daniel". On May 15 2009 She Appeared On NPR World Cafe Where She Performed "Daniel" "Moon And Moon Piano Only And Prescilla". On June 13 2012 Bat For Lashes Announced The Title Of Her Upcoming Third Studio Album "The Haunted Man" To Be Released In October. The Album Was Produced As With Fur And Gold And Two Suns By Faultline. While Not Performing As Well In Europe As Two Suns The Haunted Man Was Her Highest Charting Album In The US To Date At #64. Singles "Laura" "All Your Gold" "A Wall" And "Lilies" Followed.
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She told NME Magazine on 28 July 2012:
"With 'Lilies', I was thinking about my grandmother, but I was also inspired by Ryan's Daughter because it's about a woman who's stuck in this Irish village by the sea, and she waits for this soldier who comes over the hill. I used that as a visual inspiration to talk about women waiting for men in a symbolic way, whether it's in war or with someone who's not there emotionally."
Natasha sees this song as the manifesto for The Haunted Man:
"Every time I write an album, the first track is my favourite in a way. This one especially because the content of the song is a really good manifesto for the rest of the record. It starts out haunted by being lonely or not able to get inspiration, feeling a bit isolated. By the end it moves into this pro-life, elated full-on ending. For me, the album is about letting go of things and resolving something. I think because I wrote it over such a long time – a period of two years – I was almost trying to get away from extremes, trying to be a real person and settle down and find out about those bits in between the drama of feeling really sad and fucked up and really euphoric and happy, because I’d written the last album in that dramatic dark place. I wanted the The Haunted Man to be a bit more eclectic and varied and rich, I suppose." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.