23. Bat For Lashes: 'Two Suns' (Parlophone) - Is Natasha Khan the female Patrick Wolf? Many things speak for it. Both share a pagan folk-tastic wild energy, reference the almightiness of nature and, lest we forget, both create fanciful stage personae. However, Miss Khan can certainly climb the folk throne of eccentricity, artistry and quirk all by herself. ‘Two Suns’ is a masterpiece of poppy folk, synthesised melody and Khan’s pure voice. Evoking her alter ego Pearl, “a hedonistic blonde” for her latest effort, Khan distances herself from her musical output openly discussing self-indulgence, bi-polar tendencies and raw lust. Heavy stuff? Yes certainly, but all coated in magically doleful cello arrangements, baroque pop moments, rattling percussions and thrillingly loud electronics. Finding the right balance between the pure slickly produced pop moments, like ‘Daniel’, and the more ethereal piano-based hushed flickers, like ‘Siren Song’ makes Khan’s second album a truly special effort. (Linda Aust)
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- Moderat, Memory Tapes and Vitalic?!! Great list for including those alone
- The Blueprint 3? That is one rubbish album. Shame that Jay Z hasn't made a good album for 8 years.
- Tune-Yards should have been on this list.
- Gotta be the best album list I've read so far!
- bunch of marginally talented hipster douches ruined this list.
YYY and Muse are the only ones worth buying.
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