Love, and the loss of love, consumes every second of Two Suns, the second album from Brighton-based Natasha Khans Bat For Lashes. But if youre looking for anything as prosaic as a straightforward love song, you wont find it here: Two Suns is every bit as heady, dramatic and fanciful as its predecessor Fur And Gold, its narratives of romance and heartbreak elevated into tales of knights in crystal armour, sailors lost at sea, and planets held in orbit; rich with imagery, … mehrand with sonic ambition to match. Kate Bush remains the obvious antecedent: Khans melodramatic vocals are a close ringer, and even relatively sparse moments like "Moon And Moon" are presented with grand, baroque arrangements of piano and strings, rich with detail. But such quasi-medieval textures are balanced out by neat excursions into electronic pop, best experienced on "Pearls Dream", noir-ish disco swathed in icy synthesisers. Finally, theres an unexpected cameo on "The Big Sleep", a gothic epilogue that sees Scott Walker duet with Khan in his high, operatic quaver. A big step forwards from Bat For Lashes debut, and a suggestion of good things to come. Louis Pattison weniger
CD 1
01 - Glass
02 - Sleep Alone
03 - Moon And Moon
04 - Daniel… mehr
05 - Peace Of Mind
06 - Siren Song
07 - Pearl's Dream
08 - Good Love
09 - Two Planets
10 - Travelling Woman
11 - The Big Sleep weniger