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Bat For Lashes

motherwitch: AN ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED ORACLE DECK BY NATASHA KHAN

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From the hand of musician and artist Natasha Khan, Motherwitch acts as a tool for the creative process and as a conduit to the subconscious realms.
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The Bride

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this emotionally charged, deeply affecting, theatrical concept album from natasha khan will send shivers down your spine, through the heartbreaking lyrics &...

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The Dream of Delphi

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  1. The Dream Of Delphi
  2. Christmas Day
  3. Letter To My Daughter
  4. At Your Feet
  5. The Midwives Have Left
  6. Home
  7. Breaking Up
  8. Delphi Dancing
  9. Her First Morning
  10. Waking Up
  11. The Dream Of Delphi (Extended Strings Version)

Bat For Lashes

The Dream of Delphi

decca
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    Released: 31st May 2024

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    Released: 31st May 2024

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    Released: 31st May 2024

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Written around her experience of early motherhood, Khan focuses on womb-like atmospheres for her spectral vocals to glide through on this twinkling beauty of a record.

‘The Dream Of Delphi’ is an ode to motherhood created in Los Angeles, Natasha’s second home, during the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s a sonic archive of a time when Natasha birthed her daughter Delphi earth side. The record weaves together ten song poems, documenting the polarity of navigating both an exterior world that was seemingly turning upside down, whilst also experiencing the profoundly personal and transformational early moments of mothering Delphi, named after the Greek Oracle, the ancient future teller.

The music became Natasha’s sanctuary, born out of stolen trips to the studio, where each track was improvised and completed in a few hours and chronologises her diary like offerings over a period of two years; from “The Midwives Have Left”; to writing a “Letter To My Daughter”; and all the way through to “Waking up”, as well as a cover of her daughter’s favourite song, “Home”. While the storytelling behind Bat For Lashes’ previous albums have traditionally used otherworldly narratives and female lead characters (e.g. ‘Laura’, ‘Daniel’ and ‘The Bride’), for the first time, ‘The Dream Of Delphi’ is about Natasha’s personal experience of the magical and sometimes melancholy intimacy of early motherhood. This record creates a more private form of mythology around the music than her previous work.

‘The Dream Of Delphi’ touches on more of an instrumental “Bat For Lashes” world, and shows Natasha to be both a confident composer and craftswoman of intimate landscapes. While the music creates a more womb-like, ambient space for the listener, it still leaves ample room for her signature dream pop songwriting to vibrate through. Natasha has worked with Brad Oberhofer, Mary Lattimore and Jack Falby on this record.