Speaking with The Observer, Bat For Lashes aka Natasha Khan revealed that the likes of The Lost Boys and The Goonies were big influencers of her new album. In fact, the album was initially going to be a script for Khan’s own film.

“I was developing a script for a film called The Lost Girls,” Khan explained. “It was heavily influenced by 80s children’s films and vampire films, many set in Portland and California. But as the songs progressed, I felt like I was writing the film soundtrack. Music does tend to overtake film ideas, as it comes out much more easily.

“The Lost Boys, obviously, is a close link, and seeing LA’s hazy sunsets is making me think of films like ET and The Goonies. Moving to LA, I’ve basically been plonked inside the sets of all the films I loved as a kid.”

The upcoming 80’s-flick inspired album Lost Girl? will land on September 6. Can you expect a review from us? Absolutely.

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According to the official press release, Khan’s new album is inspired by the city of Los Angeles and influenced by growing up during the ’80s.

“If her last album, The Bride, was melancholy and mournful, a tone poem of loss and regret, Lost Girls is her mischievous younger sister, widescreen in scope and bursting with Technicolour intensity,” -the press release continues. “It’s an album for driving in the dark; holding hands at sunset; jumping off bridges with vampires; riding your bike across the moon.”

You can hear “Kids in the Dark” below.

This will the first project for Khan under Bat for Lashes moniker since 2016. In the meantime, she worked on several projects, including making short film Light Beings and doing music for BBC’s TV series Requiem. She received 2019 Ivor Norvello Award for Best Television Soundtrack Winner for the latter one.

Check out the cover and track list for Lost Girls below.

01 Kids in the Dark
02 The Hunger
03 Feel For You
04 Desert Man
05 Jasmine
06 Vampires
07 So Good
08 Safe Tonight
09 Peach Sky
10 Mountains

The post Bat for Lashes to Release New Album in September appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Speaking with The Observer, Bat For Lashes aka Natasha Khan revealed that the likes of The Lost Boys and The Goonies were big influencers of her new album. In fact, the album was initially going to be a script for Khan’s own film.

“I was developing a script for a film called The Lost Girls,” Khan explained. “It was heavily influenced by 80s children’s films and vampire films, many set in Portland and California. But as the songs progressed, I felt like I was writing the film soundtrack. Music does tend to overtake film ideas, as it comes out much more easily.

“The Lost Boys, obviously, is a close link, and seeing LA’s hazy sunsets is making me think of films like ET and The Goonies. Moving to LA, I’ve basically been plonked inside the sets of all the films I loved as a kid.”

The upcoming 80’s-flick inspired album Lost Girl? will land on September 6. Can you expect a review from us? Absolutely.

The post Bat For Lashes Shares The Surprising Inspiration Behind Her Upcoming Album appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

According to the official press release, Khan’s new album is inspired by the city of Los Angeles and influenced by growing up during the ’80s.

“If her last album, The Bride, was melancholy and mournful, a tone poem of loss and regret, Lost Girls is her mischievous younger sister, widescreen in scope and bursting with Technicolour intensity,” -the press release continues. “It’s an album for driving in the dark; holding hands at sunset; jumping off bridges with vampires; riding your bike across the moon.”

You can hear “Kids in the Dark” below.

This will the first project for Khan under Bat for Lashes moniker since 2016. In the meantime, she worked on several projects, including making short film Light Beings and doing music for BBC’s TV series Requiem. She received 2019 Ivor Norvello Award for Best Television Soundtrack Winner for the latter one.

Check out the cover and track list for Lost Girls below.

01 Kids in the Dark
02 The Hunger
03 Feel For You
04 Desert Man
05 Jasmine
06 Vampires
07 So Good
08 Safe Tonight
09 Peach Sky
10 Mountains

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