Sexwitch

Sexwitch
Genres Krautrock, psychedelic folk
Years active 2015 (2015)
Associated acts TOY, Bat For Lashes
Members Natasha Khan
Tom Dougall
Dominic O'Dair
Maxim Barron
Charlie Salvidge
Alejandra Diez
Dan Carey

Sexwitch is a musical collaboration between the English rock band TOY and Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes).[1] Their self-titled debut album, released on 25 September 2015, consists of six cover versions of 1970s psych and folk songs from Iran, Morocco, Thailand and the United States.[2] According to Khan, she and producer Dan Carey bought several "old weird psych records from different countries, strange folk mountain songs", and invited Toy to record covers of the songs. The band learned the songs and recorded the covers in a single take in one day.[2] Khan and TOY previously collaborated in 2013 to cover "The Bride", a pre-revolution Iranian song.[3]

On 24 August 2015, Sexwitch released a single, "Helelyos", online. Rolling Stone described it as a "hypnotic, Middle Eastern-infused groove".[4] The Guardian said Sexwitch's tracks were "hypnotic, groove-based tracks that feature jagged post-punk guitars" and "shrieking crescendos".[5]

Sexwitch played their festival debut at Green Man in 2015. [6]

Sexwitch track list

No. Title Length
1. "Ghoroobaa Ghashangan"   4:42
2. "Ha Howa Ha Howa"   6:54
3. "Helelyos"   4:43
4. "Kassidat El Hakka"   7:54
5. "War In Peace"   4:47
6. "Lam Plearn Kiew Bao"   3:57

References

  1. ↑ "Watch Bat For Lashes & TOY Debut New Project Sexwitch At Green Man Festival - Stereogum". Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  2. 1 2 "Bat for Lashes Discusses Debut Sexwitch Album, Shares "Helelyos"". Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  3. ↑ "Listen: Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan and TOY: "The Bride"". Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  4. ↑ "Hear First Song From Bat for Lashes' New Psych Side Project Sexwitch". Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  5. ↑ music, Guardian. "SEXWITCH – SEXWITCH: Exclusive album stream". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  6. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/60886-report-bat-for-lashes-debuts-sexwitch/


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