Will it be second time lucky for Bat For Lashes' singer Natasha Khan?
2009-07-22
After losing out to indie rock band Klaxons in 2007, singer Natasha Khan has got another chance at a Mercury Prize win this year after her follow-up album, Two Suns, was selected as one of the 12 shortlisted albums for the £20,000 award.
Khan has revealed that she wants to scoop the Barclaycard Mercury Prize this year so she can get her own studio.
"If I did win, it would be great because I'd make my own studio and it would mean that I had more freedom creatively to do more production and work in my own time, which is my idea of heaven really," said the singer.
But the indie singer-songwriter, doesn't fancy her chances - she's up against Kasabian, La Roux and Florence And The Machine.
"I've got absolutely no idea, I don't feel that confident but I feel confident in my album," she admitted.
"I've been nominated and that's good enough for me really, but I have absolutely no idea where they're gonna go. Last time, I thought it was going to be Amy Winehouse, I was sure of it and then it was the Klaxons.
