BOHO songstress Natasha Khan and her otherworldly pop creation Bat For Lashes release their second album to some critical anticipation.

It’s been two years since debut Fur And Gold was re-released on a major label following its Mercury Prize nomination, and a fast rise for the 29-year-old since.

Listening to Two Suns, it’s not difficult to credit. Khan’s ethereal, richly tailored sonic tapestry draws the obvious comparisons.

There are the Tori Amos pianos, the Kate Bush ambience and the occasional oddity, à la Björk. Take opener Glass for instance, with its tale of celestial battle centred upon a desire to be made of glass.

Yet for all its crypto-mystical poeticism, there is enough tension in her plaintive voice for it to mean something regardless.

First single Daniel is a perfectly woven, brooding pop song, all minimal drums and far-off, screeching strings. While Siren Song shares little with the Chemical Brothers song of the same name, instead breaking from a sad farewell, or a deathbed lament, into a call to arms.

Pearl makes an appearance here, another musical sprite created by Khan as a “destructive, self-absorbed, blonde, femme fatale of a person”, representing her time spent living in Brooklyn.

The girl certainly has a lot of imagination. Fortunately, this magical creativity permeates her song writing, with sometimes stunning results.

I still have no idea what Bat For Lashes means, but I like it nevertheless.