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Although now quite comfortably (actually, is anyone comfortable during The Great Freeze of 2010?) into the next decade, it’s still cool to talk about the last decade of music. And if it’s not cool, then hopefully we get away with being so uncool that we’re actually quite cool. And if that doesn’t happen, then I don’t want to be cool anyway. Where am I? Yes. Albums of the decade. The latest one is written by Morgan Meaker and her choice is Fur and Gold by Bat For Lashes. What follows are her lovely thoughts and words on said album:

FUR AND GOLD – BAT FOR LASHES
As soon I was asked to write about what I thought was the best album of the decade I immediately recalled my current obsession, Bat for Lashes, and her debut album “Fur and Gold”. (Although, as this was released in 2007 I should probably admit to this obsession being slightly more permanent…)
Throughout this album Natasha Kahn’s voice radiates this amazing, etheral, dream like quality that makes me want to cover myself in glitter, put on a cape and dance around the room clapping my hands in time to the unfaltering drum beat that features in “Trophy”, a track which in my personal opinion, is the best of the album.
The eclectic instrumentation really sets this album apart. Within the extensive soundscape can be found pianos, harpsicords, violins, violas, drum machines and hand claps as well as other unusual percussive tools. On top of her refreshing choice of sounds, the originality of her lyrics also define this album as brilliant. Inspired by fairytales and uncertainty it reveals within Kahn an impressive imagination and individuality. Despite the obvious undertones of Bjork and Kate Bush I feel that this is an album which really did something different, a rare occurence for the noughties, a decade which appears to have been dominated by guitar heavy indie as well as generic pop music, loved only by 13 year old girls and the charts.