Yes, that is none other than the karate kid himself, Daniel LaRusso, painted on Natasha Khan's back for the "Daniel" single's cover shot. He is the very sincere subject of "Daniel," the first single off Bat for Lashes' fantastic sophomore album, Two Suns. It is a love letter not just to Daniel-san, but to the movie itself which, apparently, cast quite a spell on her as a child. I discovered Bat for Lashes' debut, Fur and Gold, a bit late, but fell in love with it in a heartbeat. As I mentioned in my previous post, Natasha very much has a sylvan-priestess-from-a-fairytale vibe à la Björk or Kate Bush. Depending on your tastes/preferences, that's either a very good thing or a very bad thing. Obviously, I fall into the former camp. I'm an unabashed sucker for it. Over moody synths and programmed beats, Khan coos "Daniel, when I first saw you/I knew that you had a flame in your heart/And under our blue skies/marble movie skies/I found a home in your eyes/We'll never be apart" with absolute earnestness. Cool bonus: Yeasayer's Ira Wolf Tuton plays bass on this song as well as "Pearl's Dream."Make sure to check out the awesome and very Karate Kid inspired video for the song below.
Two Suns is out now on Astralwerks.
Daniel - Bat For Lashes
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