Monday's Musical Muses

Natasha Khan is a singer, songwriter, and musician who hails from London, and is better known for her stage name, Bat for Lashes. Natasha studied music and visual arts at the University of Brighton, and has quite a bucket of instruments under her playing piano, guitar, bass, harpsicord, and autoharp. She released her debut album, Fur and Gold in 2006. In 2009, she released a second album, Two Suns. Natasha's sound is best described as haunting; her lyrics create dream-like imagery for the listener to interpret but usually have to do with love and relationships. I first heard Bat for Lashes in 2006, finding the single, Prescilla. As soon as I heard it I was hooked and bought the album. Then came out Two Suns, and I scooped it up as fast as I could. Two Suns is a fabulous album and all the songs transfer so nicely into the next; the meaning of the album has been described as, "a record of modern-day fables exploring dualities on a number of levels – two lovers, two planets, two sides of a personality." Althought, I love all the songs on the album, I would highly recommend Daniel and Pearl's Dream. And my fav music video is probably of What's a Girl to Do. Bikes and animal masks? Yes. Hell yes.

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Natasha's sense of style is completely her own; her creativity and ability to experiment with so many different textures and colors creates her tribal-folk vintage style. Natasha is spotting usually wearing a sequin headband over her thick bangs, along with bright colors, lots of animal print and furs, sequins (yayayayay!!), and hobo chic items such as white dresses, headbands, flowy shirts. Her make-up is always an unique combination of fake dripping tears, pointed arrows on her cheeks and other artistic designs. Below I've included some pics of her outfits that I think best represent her style, along with my take on her fashion. Enjoy!