two time mercury prize nominee natasha kahn goes by the "nom de song" bat for lashes.  previously, she studied music and visual arts at the university of brighton and taught at a nursery school.  it was during this period that she began working on material for her first album.

"whenever i’m writing music it’s a very visual place in my mind," said natasha. "it has a location full of characters and colors and landscapes, so those two things really complement each other, and they help the other one to blossom and support the other. they are like brother and sister".

bat for lashes released her second album, two suns on april 07, 2009.  to gain inspiration to write the concept album, natasha traveled to joshua tree national park.  the album talks about her desert born alter ego pearl, a personality she created while in new york in order to gain a better understanding of the character.  "i really just did it as an experiment of dressing up myself with quite garish extreme feminine make-up,"  she said.  "i wanted to photograph myself in that situation and just see what it made me feel".