The debut from this Brighton three-piece - Natasha Khan, Caroline "Ginger Lee" Weeks and Abi Fry - is a never-ending story of fantastic dreams and heartbreaking reality.  Full text...

Fur and Gold announces Natasha Khan's Bat For Lashes as a talent impossible to ignore and beguiling to behold, an album that, time and again, plucks one away from the mundane and offers a bewitching alternative galaxy of delights.  Full text...

Inspired by tales of Joan of Arc and a particularly vivid dream, Natasha set about crafting an album of exquisite beauty – one that haunts and captivates in equal measure.  Full text...

Magical and mystical, this impressive album delves into a nocturnal netherworld.  Full text...

Khan's music, occupying a position between folk and the avant-garde, offers countless fascinating musical diversions, such as zither, harpsichord and vibes.  Full text...

Fur and Gold doesn't so much use hooks as suggest them: whispering hints of melody, shared out between the violin, harpsichord and oddly mechanical sounding handclaps, provide enough of a tune to let the song worm its way firmly into your mind without ever overwhelming the atmospheric complexity of the whole.  Full text...

Bat For Lashes, then: great live show, great records - and cool as folk.  Full text...

It is both familiar and surprising. And it's one of your favourite records of the year, even if you don't know it yet.   Full text...

Mature gothic sounds for those willing to be whisked off to beautiful faraway lands.   Full text...