Bat For Lashes - The Dream of Delphi
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Track Listing / Description
01 The Dream Of Delphi
02 Christmas Day
03 Letter To My Daughter
04 At Your Feet
05 The Midwives Have Left
06 Home
07 Breaking Up
08 Delphi Dancing
09 Her First Morning
10 Waking Up
11 The Dream Of Delphi (Extended Strings Version)
'The Dream Of Delphi' is an ode to motherhood created in LA, Natasha's second home, during the Covid-19 pandemic. It's a sonic archive of a time when Natasha birthed her daughter Delphi earth side. The record weaves together ten song poems, documenting the polarity of navigating both an exterior world that was seemingly turning upside down, whilst also experiencing the profoundly personal and transformational early moments of mothering Delphi, named after the Greek Oracle, the ancient future teller. The music became Natasha's sanctuary, born out of stolen trips to the studio, where each track was improvised and completed in a few hours and chronologises her diary like offerings over a period of two years; from "TheMidwives Have Left"; to writing a "Letter To My Daughter"; and all the way through to "Waking up", as well as a cover of her daughter's favourite song, "Home". While the storytelling behind Bat For Lashes' previous albums have traditionally used otherworldly narratives and female lead characters (e.g. 'Laura', 'Daniel' and 'The Bride'), for the first time, 'The Dream Of Delphi' is about Natasha's personal experience of the magical and sometimes melancholy intimacy of early motherhood. This record creates a more private form of mythology around the music than her previous work. 'The Dream Of Delphi' touches on more of an instrumental "Bat For Lashes" world, and shows Natasha to be both a confident composer and craftswoman of intimate landscapes. While the music creates a more womb-like, ambient space for the listener, it still leaves ample room for her signature dream pop song writing to vibrate through. Natasha has worked with Brad Oberhofer, Mary Lattimore and Jack Falby on this record.