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Bat For Lashes

Tags: alternative, female vocalists, folk, indie, singer-songwriter

Summary: Bat for Lashes is the work of British singer-songwriter , multi-instrumentalist , and visual artist Natasha Khan. Khan was born in Hertfordshire, England to a Pakistani father and English mother on 25 October 1979. Khan graduated in music and visual arts, while at university her experimental work was influenced by artists such as Steve Reich and Susan Hiller, and she produced multi-media work centred on sound installations, animations and performance. She went on to work as a nursery school teacher, and it was during this period that she began writing the material for her first album.

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