Bat for Lashes is the work of British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist & visual artist Natasha Khan. Natasha Khan was born in Hertfordshire, England on 25 October 1979 and currently resides in Brighton, England. Khan graduated in music and visual arts; while at university her experimental work was influenced by artists such as Steve Reich and Susan Hiller, and she produced multi-media work centred on sound installations, animations and performance. She went on to work as a nursery school teacher, and it was during this period that she began writing the material for her first album.