Natasha Khan, better known as Bat For Lashes, is shortly to release her third album, The Haunted Man on October 15.

Though not the first single from the album-which will apparently be premiered in late August -‘Laura’ is the first track to be released to the world from the album. Stream it below…

…and watch the video here.

The tracklisting for the album is as follows:
“Lilies”
“All Your Gold”
“Horses of the Sun”
“Oh Yeah”
“Laura”
“Winter Fields”
“The Haunted Man”
“Marilyn”
“A Wall”
“Rest Your Head”
“Deep Sea Diver”

She will also be playing live on the following dates:

Sun 2 Sep Electric Picnic

Sun 9 Sep Bestival

Thu 18 Oct Inverness Ironworks

Fri 19 Oct Edinburgh Picture House

Sun 21 Oct Glasgow O2 ABC

Mon 22 Oct Manchester Cathedral

Thu 25 Oct Leeds Metropolitan University

Fri 26 Oct Norwich University of East Anglia

Sun 28 Oct Leicester O2 Academy

Mon 29 Oct London Forum

Thu 1 Nov Birmingham HMV Institute

Fri 2 Nov Bristol Anson Rooms

Sat 3 Nov Portsmouth Pyramids

Sun 4 Nov Brighton Dome Concert Hall