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Posted 5th Oct 2009 in Live Reviews, Bat For Lashes by Paul Leake | Bournemouth Opera House |

In such an intimate venue, the wait for Bat For Lashes seems eternal. A mere sixty minutes tumbles on into infinity and each second seems torturous, thanks in no small part to the trenchant mediocrity of Yeasayer, a band whose experiments with psychedelic stylings are an agonising assault on the senses. Their entire set, containing only one memorable song, is an indulgent nightmare; one in which competent musicians try desperately to sell what they are singing, but ultimately, come off...