Bat for Lashes has announced a new album, The Dream of Delphi, her first for new label home Mercury KX. Ahead of its May 31 release, you can check out a video for the title track below, along with the album art and tracklist. An accompanying film, also called The Dream of Delphi, is on the way too.
The album is a folkloric account of Natasha Khan’s early motherhood, partly told through a character called the Motherwitch, according to a press release. Of the single, Khan adds:
Khan made the video in the English countryside with creative director and choreographer Alexandra Green and director Freddie Leyden. Her last studio album was 2019’s Lost Girls; since then, she has released a lockdown-era live album and explored the Motherwitch character through an oracle deck of the same name.
The Dream of Delphi:
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 (Bonus Extended Strings Version)