Song of the Day - July 6, 2009

Natasha Khan has a mystical sound that reminds me of Kate Bush. Yet where Kate's work was distinctly British, Khan, under the nom de plume Bat For Lashes, embraces the world. The video for the Song of the Day, Prescilla is a kind of fairy tale that takes you down the rabbit hole and back again, yoked to a song with lyrics that straddles a line between domesticity and escapism; dream and reality. It never quite resolves itself, but it haunts you for days...