There are a lot of reasons to love Natasha Khan (one word: LAYERS), only the first of them being that she makes really good music.
From her latest album, Two Suns:
Bat for Lashes – Sleep Alone
Bat for Lashes – Siren Song
But it’s not even about the music. This woman is a storyteller.
“Whenever I’m writing music it’s a very visual place in my mind. It has a location full of characters and colors and landscapes, so those two things really complement each other, and they help the other one to blossom and support the other.”
“I think it’s really important to give power to the world and the myth and the atmosphere that you’re trying to create. And if I was to just go out wearing normal stuff I’d feel like it was taking the power away and not giving others the same visual and symbolic references, and that excitement. For me, when I’ve seen other people take some risks with the way they look and do things on stage, it helps me to believe in that thing. I don’t think about that person having cups of tea and going shopping and being normal. I think about them as a performer and I quite like that; that people will look at me as a performer and this otherworldly thing.”
I worship that mind. That voice. Those OUTFITS. Don’t you?
…And she made these.
What else can I say? I’m a believer.
