London-based musician and multi-disciplinary artist Natasha Khan – aka Bat For Lashes – today shares ‘Home’ , a surprise cover of the dance track by American producer and DJ Baauer as remixed by Special Request; propulsive, bassy and heady. The re-imagining is the third single from her upcoming sixth studio album ‘The Dream Of Delphi’, out May 31st via acclaimed label Mercury KX, heralding a new era for the three time Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominee.
The inclusion of ‘Home’ on the new album serves as a gift to its muse, Khan’s daughter Delphi. “It was Delphi’s favourite song,” she reflects; “We just played it over and over and over again every time we got in the car and she’d giggle and squeal. So I did it for her, really – because when she looks back on this album, we can say that was your favourite song that you loved as a little baby”.
In The Dream of Delphi, we meet the Motherwitch: the name Khan gives to the armour she puts on when she is exploring the depths and peaks of herself in her new capacity as a parent and protector. “I’ve turned the mother in me into this more potent, heightened archetype of the aspects of myself that are a mother. [The Motherwitch] helps me be able to take something so vulnerable and personal out into the world – I felt I couldn’t just do it as Natasha, because it’s so, so deep.”
The Dream Of Delphi Tracklist:
1. The Dream Of Delphi
2. Christmas Day
3. Letter To My Daughter
4. At Your Feet
5. The Midwives Have Left
6. Home (Single Version)
7. Breaking Up
8. Delphi Dancing
9. Her First Morning
10. Waking Up
11. The Dream of Delphi (Bonus Extended Strings Version)
Bat For Lashes Tour Dates:
12-Jun O2 Academy 2, Oxford UK (Sold Out)
18-Jun Town Hall, Birmingham, UK
19-Jun Beacon, Bristol, UK
24-Jun Barbican, London, UK
25-Jun Bexhill De La Warr Pavillion, UK
27-Jun Aviva Studios, Manchester, UK
6-Jul Beauregard Festival, France
29-Jun Siren’s Call Festival, Luxembourg
18-Jul Colours of Ostrava, Czech Republic
23-Aug Edinburgh International Festival, UK
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