Bat for Lashes – I Do
We don’t.
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Cassy Gress: Bat for Lashes! Yay! What the hell is this? It’s so painfully saccharine, but it has some ominous bass strings, and I don’t know if I am supposed to parse this as a straightforward, too-too-sweet wedding song or a song depicting a spooky and/or abusive relationship. I am very, very confused.
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Alfred Soto: A marriage proposal set to lute, a relief for its brevity. Natasha Khan pushes her voice far beyond its capacity.
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Micha Cavaseno: Simple and to the point, although Natasha Khan really could’ve gotten a less General MIDI-sounding Lute VST, right? That can’t be too outlandish for the budget? In how shaved down and minimal it feels, the song’s also a bit underfed.
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Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: It’s always hard to decide between stripped-down Natasha vs. multi-layered Natasha, but “I Do” makes a compelling case for the former. That harp accompaniment is spine-tingling, and it gives Khan’s voice an immediate cinematic feel. It all comes with a “save the date” card. Are we getting a wedding-themed Bat For Lashes album now? Is she entering a The Sensual World phase? Can we get David Lynch to direct the video for this?
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Patrick St. Michel: An intro song that needs the album to get here.
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Iain Mew: I’m still not keen on album trailers on principle, but I like this one a lot. It’s pretty but too slight to make much on its own, but what it can do is anticipation. It’s about a slightly forlorn anticipation, in fact, for something too powerful to really believe in, since no wedding has the power to blow away all sorrows and grey skies. It has me intrigued for the album and for the other shoe to drop.
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Katherine St Asaph: If you told me this was the safe debut single and “Horse and I” was the first stirring of creative control, I’d believe you. And if Sexwitch hadn’t just happened I’d be terrified of what this suggests: the moment a talented artist abandons mysticism for normalcy. I hope I’m wrong.
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Juana Giaimo: I wonder if I’d like this more if it were by an unknown artist. It’s celestial and lovely and her voice is sincere, but do I want Bat for Lashes to sound like that?
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Thomas Inskeep: When Natasha met a zither. The joke writes itself: I don’t.
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Brad Shoup: Have we considered the possibility that she’s out-created Creative Recording and Sound Services? What a suspiciously lovely trifle.
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Jonathan Bogart: Is that all there is to the song? Is that all there is? Well, if that’s all there is, my friends, then let’s keep dancing.
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i dunno why i opted for “cynical,” i really really like this
Had I blurber this in time of totally have given this a 9. That’s what you get for reminding me of my wedding day.