Bat for Lashes and La Roux Nominated for Mercury Prize

We would like to extend our congratulations to two Press Here artists whose have been nominated for the UK’s Mercury Prize. Bat for Lashes’ sophomore release Two Suns and Cherrytree Records artist La Roux’s debut album La Roux are in the running for this prestigious award.
 
BAT FOR LASHES
 
After playing select shows to sold-out audiences on both coasts this spring, Brighton, England’s Bat For Lashes (aka Natasha Khan) will return to the U.S. in August for a North American tour in support of her critically acclaimed album, Two Suns, out now on Astralwerks. The tour announcement comes on the heels of Two Suns’ nomination for the U.K.’s prestigious Mercury Prize. Bat for Lashes, also nominated for her debut record Fur and Gold in 2007, is this year’s only multiple nominee, elevating Natasha into the ranks of other lauded Mercury veterans including Radiohead, PJ Harvey, Amy Winehouse and Arctic Monkeys.
 
The winner of the Mercury Prize will be announced on September 8, but prior to that special evening Bat for Lashes can be found on the road for a North American tour that will include appearances at Lollapalooza and the Outside Lands festival. Live, Natasha and her brilliant band, The Blue Dreams, don’t just perform; they bring radiant and kaleidoscopic musical interpretations to the stage, peeling back
 
and exposing the layers of each song. A Bat for Lashes show is certain to leave the audience moved and wanting more – and singing the addictive melodies long after the last note is played. Two Suns – mixing autoharps with intense electronics, complex drum rhythms with lush keyboards and strings – explores dualities on a number of levels, detailing two lovers, two planets, two moons, two sides of a personality and more. Natasha’s beautifully haunting performance style breathes new life into these already dazzling songs, wowing all who see her.
 
Natasha took over late night TV with lead single “Daniel“:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUDuvDojOkw  - The Late Show with David Letterman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxSSoqJEt5Y – Jimmy Kimmel Live!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIq6U2owY9Y&feature=PlayList&p=34BBC203546660B3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=22   – Last Call with Carson Daly
 
(photo credit: Brooke Nipar)
 

LA ROUX