December 10th

Seasons greetings!

It is a pleasure to announce that Bat For Lashes is playing a 9 date UK Tour in April 2009.

Full details can be found on the 'Live' page including information of places where you can buy tickets.

Have yourselves a wonderful and relaxing Christmas holiday
xx

October 17th

Hello to you all,
Just a quick note to let you know that recording of the new album is going well, more news with regards to that over the coming weeks.

Many people have asked where they can get hold of a copy of Bat For Lashes' cover of "Sweet Dreams" that was performed for Radio 1's Live Lounge Sessions.

You'll be pleased to hear that its part of "Radio 1's Live Lounge - Volume 3" which is being released by BMG Records on the the 20th of October

Look after yourselves.

August 18th

You can hear the Bat For Lashes cover of The Cure's 'A Forest' at the Bat For Lashes Myspace page.

August 1st

July 24th

Bat For Lashes will be featured in tonights episode of Rockfeedback TV on MTV2 at 9:30 PM

The programme is a review of last years Field Day festival.

June 10th

You can now download a free MP3 of the song 'Trophy'
from Fur and Gold by signing up to the Bat For Lashes mailing list.

May 29th

Hello fellow bat friends!

I hope this finds you all well.
Sooo, I have been away for a very long time it feels, writing many songs, visiting the awe inspiring Joshua Tree desert, making films, living in Brooklyn - (soaking up amazing bands like Amazing Baby, Gang Gang Dance, Brightside, Moon and Moon, Lewis and Clarke, Caroline Weeks, Bon Iver) and getting rehearsed for the upcoming Radiohead tour. (ahhh!)

So i would like to introduce to you "The Blue Dreams", who will be my new and very magically talented backing band!

Caroline Weeks - flute, keys, autoharp, guitar, vocals, drum
Ben Christophers - Harp, Marxophone, pianochord, synths, guitar and phono-fiddle!
Katherine Mann (Quinta) - Violin, viola, clarinet, saw, marxophone, drum and vocals
Alex Thomas - Drums, electronic pads, percussion and timpanis
and i will be playing piano, harpsichord, autoharp, percussion, bass and singing.

I have brought 4 new songs in to the live set, which have been arranged with much excitement and spontaneous need of dance routines! I am so proud and happy about how the new ones are shaping up and cant wait to continue recording the new album after the tour.

I hope to see some of you during June and July, and that you have a lovely summer peace out!
natasha

April 3rd

Bat For Lashes Intimate Warm Up Shows Announced

Bat For Lashes will be playing two intimate warm up shows in preparation for her support slot with Radiohead across the UK and Europe.

More information on the two shows can be found on the 'Live' page.

Tickets go on sale for these shows on Friday the 4th of April at 9 a.m.

March 26th

Bat For Lashes to Support Radiohead on UK & European Tour!

Bat For Lashes will be supporting Radiohead for their upcoming UK & European tour including two dates at Victoria Park in London this June.

The band have long been fans of Natasha Khan's work and Thom Yorke picked 'Horse And I' for his top ten itunes playlist last year;

'I love the harpsichord and the sexual ghost voices and bowed saws.This song seems to come from the world of Grimm's fairytales'

Thom Yorke

For the full list of dates take a look at the 'Live' page by following this link.

February 11th

The Bat For Lashes Live Lounge Session will be on Radio 1 on Tuesday the 12th of February at approximately midday during the Jo Whiley show.

There is an interview with Natasha and she will be playing two songs, one of her own and a yet unknown cover.

To vote for Bat For Lashes in the 'British Breakthrough Act' category please follow this link.
It only takes a few minutes and it would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

February 6th

Radio 1 Session Broadcast Date and Brit Award Voting

The Bat For Lashes Live Lounge Session will be on Radio 1 on Tuesday the 12th of February at approximately midday during the Jo Whiley show.

There will be an interview with Natasha and she will be playing two songs, one of her own and a yet unknown cover.

As well as this Bat For Lashes is nominated for two Brit Awards and one of them, 'British Breakthrough Act', is voted for by the public.

Voting begins on Friday the 8th of February at 10am on the Brit Awards website.
We will post the link when we have it.

Hope this finds you well.

January 24th

Bat For Lashes to perform Radio 1 Live Lounge Session for Jo Whiley

Just to let you know that Bat For Lashes will be playing an exclusive session for Radio 1 in the Live Lounge on the Jo Whiley Show.

Natasha will be playing two songs and the session will take place sometime in the week commencing February 11th. We will let you know a more specific time and date nearer the time.

New Bat For Lashes Hand Printed Tees Available

In other news the last batch of handprinted Bat For Lashes 'Fur and Gold' tees have just been released by the good folk at Bonbi Forest. This will probably be the last batch of this particular design ever made.

As always the tees are strictly limited edition, come in styles for both the ladies and gents and can be bought by following this link. These will only be available online.

January 15th

Bat For Lashes nominated for the 2008 Brit Awards.

Happy New Year to you all, hope you had an enjoyable festive season.

Just to let you know that Bat For Lashes has been nominated for two Brit Awards, Best British Female Artist and Best British Breakthrough Act.

The awards ceremony will be taking place on the 20th of February and will be shown live on ITV1 at 8:00pm.

For further information take a look at the Brit Awards website.

November 24th

Bat For Lashes nominated for three PLUG Awards.

Bat For Lashes has been nominated in three categories fot the 2008 PLUG Awards:

New Artist of the Year
Female Artist of the Year (Natasha Khan)
Video of the Year for 'What's a Girl to Do?'

The awards are voted for by the public. And you can do just that by following this link.

November 20th

So, as you may or may not know, the Bat For Lashes site will be a little quieter for a while, as Natasha is currently off working on writing the next album.

She would like to thank everyone who has supported Bat For Lashes so far, it has been an incredible year! Natasha tells us her highlights were hearing her orchestral arrangements for real at Koko's, and travelling through deserts, forests and cities for the latest cross country US tour which was a wonderful and memorable experience for the whole Fur and Gold band!

Obviously due to Natasha being holed up somewhere writing new songs there are no plans for live shows for the foreseeable future. However, there will be artwork from the recent KOKO show posted on the Bat For Lashes website soon and we will also keep you informed of any developments and news if and when it happens.

Natasha will be appearing as a guest vocalist on the debut album by Moon and Moon, which comes out in febuary, so look out for that!

Thanks to all the fans for your lovely messages and for coming out to shows, it means a great deal.

October 15th

On the 17th of October Bat For Lashes peform an exclusive session for NPR World Cafe

National Public Radio's World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. To find your local station go to worldcafe.org

or you can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday to Friday 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to:
xpn.org/listen_live/listen.php

October 2nd

Bat For Lashes Nominated for MTV EMA Award.

Bat For Lashes have been nominated for the 'Video Star' award at this years MTV European Music Awards. The awards will be taking place in Munich on the 1st of November.

The nomination is for the rather splendid video for 'What's A Girl To Do', which you can see here, and the ceremony will naturally be shown live on MTV.

You can visit the EMA website by following this link.

September 13th

Bat For Lashes headline show at London's KOKO on the 29th of October has now sold out.

But an extra date has now been added on the 28th of October.
Tickets are available now and can be purchased by clicking here.

August 17th

Bat For Lashes return to the US

It has just been announced that Bat For Lashes will be returning to the USA for a September/October tour.
A list of shows can be found on the 'Live' page

August 7th

Bat For Lashes to headline KOKO

On October 29th Bat For Lashes will be playing a headline show at London's KOKO.
It's likely to be a very different show which will involve guest musicians and visuals.

As Natasha put it herself, it will be 'a more theatrical special evening with Bat For Lashes'.
Tickets are on sale now and can be bought by following this link.

The show has been arranged by the fine people at Eat Your Own Ears.

August 2nd

Bat For Lashes debut album 'Fur and Gold' has been released in the US through Caroline Records. It will be available in all good record stores.

To commemorate this occasion Bat For Lashes performed an exclusive session for the KCRW morning show 'Morning Becomes Eclectic'.

You can listen to that in full, or rather modernly, can watch the actual session by following this link

July 16th

Welcome to the new web site...

As you can see Bat For Lashes have a new website, which has been made as a collaboration between Natasha and web design company pensandpencilsandpens

There are a stack of new images that have been added to the 'Images' section, with more to be added very soon.
There is also the brand new 'Fur and Gold' page which has all the handwritten lyrics from the album.

We hope you enjoy looking around.

July 9th

The new Bat For Lashes single 'What's A Girl To Do' is out now.

It has been released on CD, 7' and as a download.
It can be bought in all formats from a variety of places including:

Amazon, HMV, iTunes and recordstore.co.uk

July 3rd

Fur and Gold has been released officially in France.
Follow this link for further information and for places to purchase it from.

June 7th

Watch the video for upcoming single
'What's A Girl To Do' by clicking here.

Out 09/07/07

May 18th

Bat For Lashes will be playing live on the Channel 4 show 'Transmission'.
It will be broadcast on the 25th May at 11:40pm.

Also, Bat For Lashes will be headlining the Homefires Festival on Sunday the 3rd of June. Have a look here for further details.

Or better yet visit the Homefires myspace site and become their friend.
They're good, good people.

May 6th

Bonbi Forest have made some new, strictly limited edition, Bat For Lashes tees for both the ladies and the gents to enjoy.

Each one has been handprinted from an original design made exclusively for Bat For Lashes.
You can buy them here.

May 2nd

'Fur and Gold' the debut album by Bat For Lashes is being made available on Limited Edition Midnight Blue Vinyl by Manimal Vinyl

There are only 1000 copies and they are expected to sell out pretty quick. It will be released on May 9th 2007, but can be pre-ordered by following this link.

April 11th

Have a look at the'Live' page for the current list of festivals that Bat For Lashes and her live band will be appearing at, including ATP Vs The Fans and Glastonbury.

March 8th

Bat For Lashes will be playing three dates at this years SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas.
Have a look here for details.

March 5th

'Prescilla' is available as a download single from today.
You can order it from most download sites, such as iTunes and 7Digital.

You can also watch the full footage of Bat For Lashes playing at the Amsterdam Paradiso by following this handy link.

February 12th

You can see Bat For Lashes performing live on the BBC 2's 'The Culture Show' by following this link.

February 8th

We like snow, so things are good.

Bat For Lashes will be appearing on 'The Culture Show' this coming Saturday, the 10th of February.
She will be performing live and it will be on BBC2 and undoubtably repeated on a digital channel too, but have you tried to find the listings for those things?

Anyway, hope you can watch it.

January 28th

The new single 'Prescilla' is being released on the 5th of March as a download and on the 12th of March on enhanced CD. It comes with the b-side 'I'm On Fire' and the enhanced CD conatins an exclusive video.
'Prescilla' has been especially re-recorded for this release. Natasha flew to Brooklyn specifically to work closely with producer Matt Boynton and a horn section to reinterpret 'Prescilla' and produce a more raw, rhythmic and full sound.

The b-side is Natasha's sensual piano ballad version of Bruce Springsteen's 'I'm On Fire'. The cover is now a highlight of the live set, and this version was recorded for Rob Da Bank's radio show and played regularly by him on Radio 1.

The video for Prescilla was directed by Andy Bruntel, who recently shot Will Oldham's video for 'Cursed Sleep'. It is a a bewitching, dark and beautifully shot video including magicians, dreamscapes and lots of flying.

January 18th

Hey. How's tricks?
There is an exclusive interview with Natasha on the Guardian website. You can listen to it here. That's right, it's been recorded, in the modern fashion, as a podcast. On it Natasha talks about the album, what inspired it and all manner of things.

Also on the 5th of March, Prescilla is being released as a single. There is a video for it too. We will sort something out so that you can see it as soon as we see it ourselves.

January 9th

Happy New Year!
There are some more songs from Fur and Gold to listen to on the 'Audio' page. Go and have a listen....