Bat for Lashes to Preview New Album, Mount 2012 Summer European Tour

Natasha Khan, the spectral songstress better known as Bat for Lashes, is set to preview parts of her as-yet-unannounced and as-yet-untitled third album at an intimate U.K show on June 13 -- and then will hit the road for a series of European festivals appearances.

According to NME, the club gig is Khan's first show in her native England in more than a year. Tickets for the Cambridge Junction performance went on sale today (May 4).

After a 2010 spent on the road in support of the brilliant dread-pop album 'Two Suns,' Khan had a performance-light 2011, playing one set of gigs, all in Australia. She wanted to "take more time" with the next album, and indeed she has -- her only other major activity was a Beck collaboration for the 'Twilight' soundtrack, the enchanting 'Let's Get Lost.'

Fans have been in wait for a follow up to 'Two Suns,' in which the London-born singer donned the alter-ego of Pearl, a crystalline wraith that rocked and weeped and wailed, forging the best combination of  existential dread and dancefloor beats since Depeche Mode — whom she covered for a Gucci ad.

Her third record has been in the oven for a while now. We're dreading its arrival — in a very good way.

Bat for Lashes Summer 2012 Tour Dates

6/13 - Cambridge, England | Cambridge Junction
6/15 - Seinäjoki, Finland | Provinssirock Festival
6/16 - Hultsfred, Sweden | Hultsfred Festival
6/17 - Aarbhus, Denmark | Northside Festival
6/20 - Oslo, Norway | Rockefeller Music Hall
6/21 - Bergen, Norway | Bergenfest
6/23 - Tuttlingen, Germany | Southside Festival
6/24 - Bremen, Germany | Hurricane Festival
6/28 - Amsterdam, Netherlands | Paradiso
6/29 - Werchter, Belgium | Rock Werchter Festival
6/30 - Gampel, Switzerland | Openair Festival
7/5  - Meco, Portugal | Super Bock Super Rock Festival
7/6 - Trenčín, Slovakia | Pohoda Festival
7/7 - Gdynia, Poland | Open'er Festival
7/10 - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Den Atelier
7/12 - Benicàssim, Spain | Benicàssim Festival
7/13 - Bourget en Savoie, France | Musilac Festival
7/15 - Southwold, England | Latitude Festival
9/2 -Stradbally, Ireland | Electric Picnic
9/9 - Robin Hill Country Park, Isle of Wight | Bestival