Since her arrival on the scene as Bat For Lashes, Natasha Khan has never shied away from the dramatic in her music. It would be hard to do so with a voice like hers; rich in timbre, expansive in range, and simply whimsical when spoken. On all her albums she has placed that voice into grandiose pop compositions, and through it she brought to life characters like Pearl on Two Suns or the titular Haunted Man from her last album. The Bride follows the same suit, playing as a soundtrack to an imagined feature film wherein a bride is prepared to marry the love of her life, only for him to be killed in a car crash on the way to the ceremony. It sounds a little Kill Bill, and the neon green cover suggests a similarly colourful and outlandish affair, but the actual contents are much more sombre and reflective.