PRESCILLA (Single)
Out 26 February; The Echo Label


Natasha Khan was never going to grow up normal. Born into a renowned squash-playing dynasty and with mercilessly strict religious parents, she took it upon herself to pray to the aliens when her father upped and left when she was 11. Makes a bit of a change from the normal preteen activities of rolling up your school skirt and storming off to bed without eating your greens. It was then a short leap from taking a life-changing trip to San Francisco, qualifying as a nursery-school teacher, and making odd sound installations at art school, to the Brighton-based 27-year-old's current line of business: that of a storytelling conjuroress with a predilection for handclaps, gold warpaint and dressing in Joni Mitchell's gothic sister's offcuts.


Over the past year, Khan has morphed from a quirky indie footnote into one of British music's ones to watch - she's not just a freaky face, but a musical force to be reckoned with, and as essential as a trip to the underworld with Fleetwood Mac in one of their darker moods.