Photo credit: Michal Pudelka
Natasha Khan makes a welcome return with ‘The Dream of Delphi’, the first single (and opening track) to be taken from the upcoming album of the same name, out on 31 May via Mercury KX.
Inspired and influenced by the birth of her daughter in 2020, the song captures ‘what happens when you’re stretched physically, mentally, even vaginhally’ and veers from a subtle slice of pagan folktronica with layered falsetto vocals about angels, deep love and a ‘new transmission falling from the sky’ to something more synth led and then natural, complete with birdsong, in its climax that perfectly resonates with what parenthood feels like: ‘I think it’s just humbled me, too, becoming a mother. It’s made me feel more vulnerable than I’ve ever felt before. But I feel more human, more embodied. I can’t escape life by making beautiful things as much as I did. But there’s sort of a beauty to my mortality now.’
