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Look at Natasha Khan, with her Cleopatra shawl and elfish hair, on the cover of Fur and Gold and youll surely have this half-Pakistani, half-English songstress pegged as the first British riposte to the US freak-folk movement thats thrown up...
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Look at Natasha Khan, with her Cleopatra shawl and elfish hair, on the cover of Fur and Gold and youll surely have this half-Pakistani, half-English songstress pegged as the first British riposte to the US freak-folk movement thats thrown up figures like Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, and Cocorosie. In some ways, thats an accurate comparison: Bat for Lashes has a way with mystique, one which elevates even quite simple topics-the break-up tale of "Whats 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 "Bats Mouth" suggest Bat for Lashes might yet develop into a... See less 
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