Song of the Week

Bat for Lashes' new album is called The Haunted Man.  So it is appropriate the the early singles are spectral wonders.  Check out "All Your Gold" and the sparkling "Marilyn," where Natasha Khan's tremulous falsetto rises above dark-shaded electronica and twisted soundscapes for a brief, shining moment: holding you, I'm touching a star.  Steeped in lyrical mysticism and pop-culture romanticism--turning into Marilyn, leaning out of a big car--Khan's haunting marriage of sound and voice is exquisite, even exotic.