℗ 2024 Bat for Lashes, under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations Limited
Released | May 31, 2024 |
Duration | 36m 22s |
Record Label | Decca (UMO) |
Genre | Alternative |
1.1
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The Dream of Delphi
Bat For Lashes |
4:42 | |||
1.2
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Christmas Day
Bat For Lashes |
1:52 | |||
1.3
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Letter To My Daughter
Bat For Lashes |
2:36 | |||
1.4
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At Your Feet
Bat For Lashes |
3:45 | |||
1.5
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The Midwives Have Left
Bat For Lashes |
2:35 | |||
1.6
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Home (Single Version)
Bat For Lashes |
3:14 | |||
1.7
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Breaking Up
Bat For Lashes |
2:06 | |||
1.8
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Delphi Dancing
Bat For Lashes |
2:58 | |||
1.9
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Her First Morning
Bat For Lashes |
2:32 | |||
1.10
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Waking up
Bat For Lashes |
4:01 | |||
1.11
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The Dream of Delphi (Bonus Extended Strings Version)
Bat For Lashes |
6:01 |
"Spiralling symphonies written in the patient gaze of new motherhood: The Ivor Novello-winning artist's sixth record is another compelling listen as Khan moves into a new phase creatively and personally."
- NME
The Dream Of Delphi is an ode to motherhood. 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.
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 is the manifesto of the album. It’s like a spell being cast. It’s the conjuring, the manifestation, the drawing-down of Delphi from the ether. This is me calling on her soul. It’s about going up into the stars and down into the underworld simultaneously, how celestials and deep guttural sounds can come together, how that reflects the journey I went on. It’s about what happens when you’re stretched physically, mentally, even vaginally! I think it’s just humbled me, too, becoming a mother. It’s made me feel more vulnerable than I’ve ever felt before. But I feel more human, more embodied. I can’t escape life by making beautiful things as much as I did. But there’s sort of a beauty to my mortality now."
- Nathasha Khan (Bats For Lashes)
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Decca (UMO) Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.84 -1.54 to -0.50 | -15.04 -19.97 to -12.73 | -12.45 -16.60 to -10.80 | 8 5 to 11 | |
1 | The Dream of Delphi | -0.50 | -12.80 | -11.4 | 5 |
2 | Christmas Day | -1.17 | -13.70 | -11.3 | 8 |
3 | Letter To My Daughter | -0.75 | -15.59 | -13.0 | 8 |
4 | At Your Feet | -0.75 | -14.39 | -12.3 | 7 |
5 | The Midwives Have Left | -0.98 | -19.97 | -16.6 | 11 |
6 | Home (Single Version) | -0.60 | -12.73 | -11.5 | 7 |
7 | Breaking Up | -0.73 | -13.70 | -10.8 | 7 |
8 | Delphi Dancing | -0.74 | -14.31 | -12.0 | 8 |
9 | Her First Morning | -1.54 | -19.68 | -15.9 | 10 |
10 | Waking up | -0.74 | -15.41 | -11.3 | 8 |
11 | The Dream of Delphi (Bonus Extended Strings Version) | -0.74 | -13.20 | -10.8 | 7 |