London-based musician and multi-disciplinary artist Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes, today shares 'Home', a surprise dancefloor cover from American producer and DJ Baauer remixed by Special Request; propulsive, serious and intoxicating. The reimagining is the third single from her upcoming sixth studio album, 'The Dream Of Delphi', which will be released on May 31 via acclaimed Mercury KX label, and heralds a new era for the three-time Brit Award nominee and to the Mercury Prize.
The inclusion of 'Home' on the new album serves as a gift to his muse, Khan's daughter Delphi. “It was Delphi's favorite song.” she reflects; “We would just play it over and over every time we got in the car and she would laugh and squeal. “So I did it for her, really, because when she looks back on this album, we can tell that it was your favorite song and that you loved it when you were a baby.”
In The dream of Delphiwe meet the Witch Mother: the name Khan gives to the armor she dons as she explores the depths and heights of herself in her new capacity as mother and protector. “I have turned the mother in me into this more powerful and elevated archetype of the mothering aspects of me. [The Motherwitch] “It helps me put something so vulnerable and personal out into the world. I felt like I couldn't just do it as Natasha, because it's so, so deep.”
Moments of quiet domesticity lie among flashes of existential wonder in these ten spiral compositions. Lyrics about the breakdown of Natasha's relationship with Delphi's father are intertwined with the mother's place in the endless cycle of life, death and rebirth. Ideas and sounds, both ancient and modern, also intertwine in fascinating ways: pianos, bass flutes and harps mingle with organs, mellotrons and the swirling sound patterns of synthesizers, inspired by his love of female and trans artists like Delia Derbyshire , Constance Demby and Beverly Glenn Copeland. and her long-standing interests in ambient and orchestral film scores.
After presenting new music and live performances last year as part of the Meltdown Festival curated by Christine & The Queens at the Southbank Centre, Bat For Lashes will take to the stage again this summer for their first series of headline concerts in five years with a focus highly conceptual. show that combines movement and elements of performance art along with his virtuoso vocal performance and live band.
Last year, Bat For Lashes released 'Motherwitch', a hand-illustrated reimagining of the Tarot that uses multiple original female archetypes, visual symbols and an abstract spiritualist painters' color palette across 40 cards to provide a storyteller's guide to the mysteries. and the beauty of our own interior. landscapes. The Motherwitch Oracle Deck lands somewhere between Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's 'Oblique Strategies' and the Wild Unknown Tarot deck, while the deck also stands on its own as a bespoke art object in itself . The 40 cards were designed and conceived entirely by Khan, creating an oracle deck to use as a tool for the creative process and also as a conduit to the subconscious realms.
'The Dream of Delphi' marks a new chapter in the already varied and acclaimed history of Bat For Lashes. Welcome to the domain of 'The Witch Mother'.
Delphi's Dream song list:
1. The dream of Delphi
2. Christmas Day
3. Letter to my daughter
4. At your feet
5. The midwives are gone
6. Home (single version)
7. Breaking up
8. Delphi Dance
9. His first morning
10. Wake up
11. The Delphian Dream (additional version with extended strings)
Bat For Lashes Tour Dates:
June 12 O2 Academy 2, Oxford, UK (sold out)
June 18 Town Hall, Birmingham, United Kingdom
June 19 Beacon, Bristol, UK
June 24 Barbican, London, United Kingdom
June 25 Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion, United Kingdom
June 27 Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
July 6 Beauregard Festival, France
June 29 Siren Song Festival, Luxembourg
July 18 Colors of Ostrava, Czech Republic
August 23 Edinburgh International Festival, United Kingdom
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