{"id":7677,"date":"2012-10-29T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=7677"},"modified":"2012-10-29T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T22:46:46","slug":"bat-for-lashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/10\/bat-for-lashes\/","title":{"rendered":"BAT FOR LASHES"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7678\" title=\"BAT-FOR-LASHES-M-Review-SeptOct-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BAT-FOR-LASHES-M-Review-SeptOct-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BAT-FOR-LASHES-M-Review-SeptOct-2012.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BAT-FOR-LASHES-M-Review-SeptOct-2012-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>B<\/strong><strong>AT FOR LASHES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong><em>The Haunted Man<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Capitol]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>After earning Mercury Prize nominations for each of her previous albums, Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, remains broody and beguiled on her self-produced third album. On this cohesive collection, she spins languid arrangements of gentle electronics and channels the \u201980s heyday of Kate Bush\u2014to the extent that she even mentions running up hills. Khan\u2019s aptitude for subtle yet striking rhythm is particularly evident in her increased use of programmed drums. She\u2019s always highlighted her voice, but on this effort, she emphasizes her high notes in bold, operatic fashion. She rarely uses backing vocals, and when she does, she enlists male singers to contrast and heighten the effects of her dizzying soprano. It\u2019s that soprano that ties lead single \u201cLaura,\u201d which strays from the electronic sound, to the rest of the album. With drama and heartbreak as interwoven as its French horns, the piano ballad conveys all of the emotion of Khan\u2019s fraught landscape. \u2013Amanda Farah<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAT FOR LASHES The Haunted Man [Capitol] After earning Mercury Prize nominations for each of her previous albums, Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, remains broody and beguiled on her self-produced third album. On this cohesive collection, she spins languid arrangements of gentle electronics and channels the \u201980s heyday of Kate Bush\u2014to the extent that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,5102,514,5104,5077,5103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7677"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7682,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7677\/revisions\/7682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}