The Bride
A haunting tale of tragedy, devotion, and self-discovery, Natasha Khan’s fourth LP pairs spare, gothic pop with a narrative centered around its title character as she reckons with losing her fiancé on their wedding day. From the saturnine swell of “Never Forgive the Angels” to the gauzy catharsis of “I Will Love Again,” it’s her most ambitious and captivating effort to date.
Natasha Khan's latest album as Bat For Lashes is a richly theatrical concept album detailing the story of a woman left at the altar after the husband dies in a car crash on the way to the wedding.
Her music earns frequent comparisons to Kate Bush—how could it not, with her soprano voice and theatrical flair?—but Natasha Khan’s fourth album as Bat For Lashes, The Bride, is more reminiscent of Tori Amos. (Not that there’s a huge difference between the two, to be fair.) Amos mined similar thematic territory on her…
Natasha Khan's most sprawling concept record to date is musically understated and thematically epic.
Both achingly sad and strangely uplifting, Bat For Lashes’ tragic honeymoon concept album arrives fully-formed.
Download this: Joe’s Dream; Honeymooning Alone; Close Encounters; If I Knew; I Will Love Again
There’s plenty to appreciate on Natasha Khan's fourth LP as Bat for Lashes; just don’t expect much in the way of wedding playlist material.
Employing a multifaceted approach to her fourth album as Bat for Lashes, Natasha Khan draws from her studies of film, visual art and fashion...
Puzzlement gives way to fascination when absorbing Natasha Khan's new album as Bat For Lashes. The unambiguous titles of the album, The Bride, and opening track, "I Do," lead you to think that maybe Khan devoted an entire project to the subject of her own
Bat For Lashes becomes the eponymous narrator - embodying the tragic Warholian heroine - on ‘The Bride’, her fourth studio album. Alter-egos
Natasha Khan reveals her winning way with ballads on this concept album about a jilted bride
Read Matthew Wardell's review of Bat For Lashes' new concept album 'The Bride', set for release on July 1 2016 through Parlophone Records.