Bat for Lashes (2,145 views)

[Alex61]

Natasha Khan
Vocal Range: C3 – D6

Significant High Notes:
D6 ("Kassidat El Hakka" live London 2015)
C♯6 ("Bat's Mouth", "Ghoroobaa Ghashangan", "Ha Howa Ha Howa", "Kassidat El Hakka")
C6 ("Horse and I" live Shepherd's Bush Empire 2009)
B5 ("Bat's Mouth", "Ha Howa Ha Howa")
B♭5 ("I'm on Fire")
A5 ("Helelyos", "Howl!", "Moon and Moon", "Sad Eyes", "So Good", "Sunday Love")
G♯5 ("Desert Man", "Glass", "Horses of the Sun", "In God's House")
G5 ("All Your Gold", "Horses of the Sun", "Howl!", "I Saw a Light", "If I Knew", "Joe's Dream", "Pearl's Dream", "Safe Tonight", "Siren Song", "Sleep Alone", "War in Peace", "What's a Girl to Do?")
F♯5 ("Lilies", "Peace of Mind", "Plan the Escape")
F5 ("Deep Sea Diver", "The Haunted Man", "If I Knew", "In Your Bed", "Jasmine", "Kassidat El Hakka", "Marilyn", "Mountains", "Oh Yeah")
E5 ("All Your Gold", "The Big Sleep", "A Forest", "Honeymooning Alone", "Horses of the Sun", "Howl!", "The Hunger", "Lam Plearn Kiew Bao", "Never Forgive the Angels", "Pearl's Dream", "Prescilla", "Sad Eyes", "Safe Tonight", "Sarah", "Siren Song", "Sleep Alone", "Sunday Love", "War in Peace", "We've Only Just Begun" live Los Angeles 2016, "Wilderness", "The Wizard")
E♭5 ("Daniel", "Daphne", "Deep Sea Diver", "Helelyos", "I Do", "Lilies", "Oh Yeah", "Plan the Escape", "Rest Your Head", "This Woman's Work" live Edinburgh 2019)
D5 ("The Bride", "Close Encounters", "Clouds", "Horse and I", "The Hunger", "I Saw a Light", "If I Knew", "Joe's Dream", "Laura", "Moon and Moon", "Never Forgive the Angels", "Pearl's Dream", "Rhiannon" live Shepherd's Bush Empire 2013, "Safe Tonight", "Sarah", "Seal Jubilee", "So Good", "Solsbury Hill" live Sydney 2011, "Strangelove", "Trophy", "Two Planets", "A Wall", "War in Peace")
C♯5 ("Desert Man", "Glass", "Good Love", "The Haunted Man", "Horses of the Sun", "Kids in the Dark", "Lumen", "Oh Yeah", "Prescilla", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" live Live Lounge, "Two Planets", "Wilderness")
C5 ("All I Need" live Bexhill 2010, "All Your Gold", "Close Encounters", "Deep Sea Diver", "Garden's Heart", "Ghoroobaa Ghashangan", "Gypsy" live Pitchfork Music Festival 2016, "Horse and I", "Howl!", "I Do", "In God's House", "Jasmine", "Joe's Dream", "Lam Plearn Kiew Bao", "Marilyn", "Moon and Moon", "Mountains", "Rhiannon" live Shepherd's Bush Empire 2013, "Sad Eyes", "Safe Tonight", "Siren Song", "Sunday Love", "Trophy", "The Wizard")
B4 ("All I Need" live Bexhill 2010, "Bat's Mouth", "The Big Sleep", "The Bride", "Clouds", "Daniel", "Ghoroobaa Ghashangan", "Ha Howa Ha Howa", "The Hunger", "In Your Bed", "Kassidat El Hakka", "Lam Plearn Kiew Bao", "Laura", "Lilies", "Missing Time" live Rennes 2007, "Peace of Mind", "Prescilla", "Seal Jubilee", "Sleep Alone", "Solsbury Hill" live Sydney 2011, "Strangelove", "Tahiti", "A Wall", "War in Peace", "What's a Girl to Do?", "Wild is the Wind", "Wilderness")

Significant Low Notes:
B♭3 ("Daniel", "Garden's Heart", "Glass", "I'm on Fire", "If I Knew", "In God's House", "Jasmine", "Kassidat El Hakka", "Lilies", "Plan the Escape", "The Selfish Giant", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" live Live Lounge, "Two Planets")
A3 ("All Your Gold", "The Bride", "Gypsy" live Pitchfork Music Festival 2016, "Ha Howa Ha Howa", "Honeymooning Alone", "Horse and I", "Howl!", "I Saw a Light", "Joe's Dream", "Lam Plearn Kiew Bao", "Land's End", "Let's Get Lost", "Lonely" live Two Suns [special edition], "Missing Time" live Rennes 2007, "Moon and Moon", "Never Forgive the Angels", "Pearl's Dream", "Rhiannon" live Shepherd's Bush Empire 2013, "Sarah", "Siren Song", "Solsbury Hill" live Sydney 2011, "Sunday Love", "Trophy", "A Wall", "War in Peace", "We've Only Just Begun" live Los Angeles 2016, "Wild is the Wind", "Wilderness", "Winter Fields", "The Wizard")
G♯3 ("Bat's Mouth", "Deep Sea Diver", "Desert Man", "Good Love", "The Haunted Man", "Helelyos", "I Drove All Night" live Edinburgh 2019, "Kids in the Dark", "Land's End", "Lilies", "Mountains", "Prescilla", "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" live Live Lounge, "Tahiti", "This Woman's Work" live Edinburgh 2019, "Travelling Woman", "Two Planets")
G3 ("All Your Gold", "Honeymooning Alone", "The Hunger", "I Will Love Again", "In God's House", "In Your Bed", "Laura", "Lonely" live Two Suns [special edition], "Marilyn", "Missing Time" live Rennes 2007, "Moon and Moon", "Mountains", "Peace of Mind", "Peach Sky", "Rhiannon" live Shepherd's Bush Empire 2013, "Sad Eyes", "Safe Tonight", "Seal Jubilee", "The Selfish Giant", "Siren Song", "What's a Girl to Do?")
F♯3 ("Daniel", "Daphne", "Desert Man", "Helelyos", "Horses of the Sun", "Lullaby" live Sydney 2011, "Lumen", "Wild is the Wind")
F3 ("Gypsy" live Pitchfork Music Festival 2016, "Jasmine", "Kassidat El Hakka", "I'm on Fire", "If I Knew", "Marilyn", "Rest Your Head", "So Good")
E3 ("The Bride", "Ghoroobaa Ghashangan", "Peace of Mind", "Peach Sky", "Sarah", "Seal Jubilee", "Sleep Alone", "Trophy", "We've Only Just Begun" live Los Angeles 2016, "Widow's Peak")
E♭3 ("Horses of the Sun", "I Drove All Night" live Edinburgh 2019, "Kassidat El Hakka", "Lullaby" live Sydney 2011)
D3 ("Laura", "Sleep Alone", "So Good")
C3 ("Widow's Peak")
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• Bold marks notes or passages that are particularly outstanding (relative to the singer).
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.

Natasha Khan (known by her stage name Bat for Lashes) is an English indie singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She emerged in the late '00s, receiving fame from critics for her eclectic musical style, best described as haunting and atmospheric. Natasha's vocal style is distinctive for being particularly soft and airy - her tone is very light and tender, and she frequently makes use of her airy head voice in the fifth octave, sounding somewhat comparable with a much less belt-y Florence Welch. If you're a fan of artists like Florence and the Machine, Imogen Heap and PJ Harvey, she's definitely worth checking out.

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{A Few Examples of Her Voice}
Good showcase of her darker singing initially before she transitions to her lovely head voice in the chorus.


Soft low notes down to E3 initially, further into the song she explores her upper chest register a bit with some nice B4s.


The first song of hers I heard, her vocal performance here grabbed my attention - impressive C6 passage!

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{Questionable Notes}
B♭6 ("Kassidat El Hakka"^[1])
D6 ("The Bride"^[1], "Ha Howa Ha Howa"^[1])
B♭5 ("Helelyos"^[1])
C♯3 ("Prescilla"^[2])
B♭2 ("Daniel"^[2])
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1. Questionable short exclamations.
2. Questionable identity/legitimacy.
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.

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{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
Alex61
Solo:
Fur and Gold (2006): E3 – C♯6
Two Suns (2009): D3 – A5
The Haunted Man (2012): D3 – G♯5
The Bride (2016): C3 – A5
Lost Girls (2019): D3 – A5

Sexwitch:
Sexwitch (2015): E♭3 – C♯6

Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61