Bat For Lashes embraces her dark side on demonic new album
Taking traditional 20th century folk songs originating from Iran, Morocco and Thailand and frying them in acid, Sexwitch is a far cry away from the accessible synth-pop of 2012's The Haunted Man.
Opener Ha Howa Ha Howa's otherworldly crys of 'He addicted me and I addicted him' is a demonic call-to-arms, almost as if Khan is enticing Lucifer himself to this Satanic party.
Heleyos' twitching bass and abrasive guitars is a psychedelic, acid-rock wig out reminiscent of Savages corrosive post-punk.
On the epic, 8 minute bombast of Kassidat El Hakka Khan chants "When I die I'm going back to what I was- nothing" as though she's some kind of ritual-inciting voodoo witch doctor as tribal drums clatter beneath an eerie guitar riff.
Sexwitch is no Laura. Fans of Khan's piano-led ballads will find no solace in the album's psych-folk, as her in ethereal croon is replaced by a haunting howl it makes for a unsettling, almost primal listen that is, ultimately weird.
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