Mercury and Brit nominee starts recording in New York

Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan is set to go into the studio next week (February 25) to start work on her second record.

The singer-songwriter will be recording the follow-up to ‘Fur And Gold’, her Mercury Music Prize-nominated 2006 debut, in New York.

Khan claims the album will have a darker, more electronic feel than her more pastoral, keyboard-led debut, saying: “I don't think it could be too wildly different because it always comes from the heart and that's coming from the same place, but I think it's gonna be more visceral, a bit more beaty and possibly a bit more darker.”

The Brit Awards nominee is also set to collaborate with New York band Gang Gang Dance on the album.

Speaking to XFM, Khan explained: “They're gonna play drums and synths and I'm not gonna give away too much but it might involve, like, choirs and beats and electronics. So it's all gonna be a big mixture.”

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I'm so excited for this. Fur and Gold has been in heavy rotation since i bought it.

I'm really hopeful about Bat for lashes to be honest.

yay
love her debut
she's brilliant

I'm looking forward to this. I arrived rather late to the Bat For Lashes party, but now I consider myself a fully fledged convert.

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this is exciting. the first album is so consistent. i have a feeling the second might live up to it as well. they're great live too, saw them supporting jarvis cocker last year