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Bat for Lashes

Dream pop
Dream pop

Bat for Lashes is a Dream pop act. Their sound grew out of Yeasayer, Aqualung, Duke Dumont, John Carroll Kirby and Priscilla. Those roots explain a lot about how Bat for Lashes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cat Power, St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Beth Orton and PJ Harvey, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Radiohead, The Cure, Coldplay, Beck and Depeche Mode, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Bat for Lashes, reaching back through Yeasayer and forward to Radiohead. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Bat for LashesYeasayerAqualungDuke DumontJohn Carroll KirbyPriscillaTV on the RadioMGMTKate BushRadioheadThe CureColdplayBeckDepeche ModeToyJon HopkinsDamon AlbarnCat PowerSt. VincentSharon Van EttenBeth OrtonPJ HarveyAgnes ObelLadyhawkeNiki & the Dove

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Bat for Lashes connections

Bat for Lashes grew out of Yeasayer, Aqualung, Duke Dumont and John Carroll Kirby, shares an orbit with Cat Power, St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten and Beth Orton, went on to shape Radiohead, The Cure, Coldplay and Beck. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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