Lewis & Clark opened up for Bat For Lashes last Thursday at The Bowery Ballroom. The Pennsylvania folk band geared the crowd up perfectly for Bat For Lashes’ cosmic set. Unfortunately for the band by the time they were done playing we were all ready to shut up and listen to some music.
Amongst glowing plastic angels and a miniature version of the leg lamp in A Christmas Story, Bat For Lashes played one of the best shows I have ever seen. The intoxicating Natasha Kahn commanded your attention with her killer outfit and goosebump inducing voice. Aside from Morrissey fans, I have never seen New Yorkers that giddy. Glittered cheek fans danced their tales off to”Glass,” ”Horse and I,” “Whats A Girl To Do?” and “Pearls Dream” and listened with adoration to more intimate tracks like “Sleep Alone,” “Traveling Woman,” and “Peace of Mind.”
British Singer/Songwriter Natasha Kahn releases a new gem under Bat For Lashes. True to form Kahn calls on forces of nature and human emotion to play the lead in each song, and masterfully crafts her music into whimsically unique tracks reminiscent of the ’80s.
“I will rise now, and go about the city…” quietly opens up Two Suns as Kahn sings the lyrics in echoey achapella, the lyrics are quickly found swirling in city sounds and pounding drums. ”Moon and Moon,” the albums third track, calls on the moon to accompany a wife looking for her husband, it features Kahn on the piano and is sure to play right on your soul, don’t be surprised if this track has you closing your eyes in order to get the full effect. “Traveling Woman” offers advice for survival in this wild world and just might have been Kahn’s theme song while writing and recording her second album as the process took place from Big Sur and Joshua Tree in California, to the Welsh Countryside, to London and New York. ”The Big Sleep,” a duet with Scott Walker and Kahn, is a haunty sleepy track almost operatic in vocals that is perfectly appropriate to end Two Suns. My favorite track off Bat For Lashes‘ new album: “Pearl’s Dream.”
The U.K. gives birth to another elctro rock band, Late Of The Pier. The four piece from Castle Donington formed in 2001 releasing singles sporadically. They signed with Parlophone Records, whose artists include bands such as Radiohead, Hot Chip, and Bat For Lashes. August of this year marked the release of their debut album Fantasy Black Channel.
The up and coming indie rock band has been compared to MGMT with their prominent usage of synthesizers and innovative fringes.
Lewis & Clark opened up for Bat For Lashes last Thursday at The Bowery Ballroom. The Pennsylvania folk band geared the crowd up perfectly for Bat For Lashes’ cosmic set. Unfortunately for the band by the time they were done playing we were all ready to shut up and listen to some music.
Amongst glowing plastic angels and a miniature version of the leg lamp in A Christmas Story, Bat For Lashes played one of the best shows I have ever seen. The intoxicating Natasha Kahn commanded your attention with her killer outfit and goosebump inducing voice. Aside from Morrissey fans, I have never seen New Yorkers that giddy. Glittered cheek fans danced their tales off to”Glass,” ”Horse and I,” “Whats A Girl To Do?” and “Pearls Dream” and listened with adoration to more intimate tracks like “Sleep Alone,” “Traveling Woman,” and “Peace of Mind.” 
