When Natasha Khan announced her new album, Lost Girls, her fifth as Bat For Lashes, it came with a specific array of inspirations: Los Angeles, her '80s childhood, and the attendant music and films she grew up on. Some of those -- sun-dappled LA days -- were new to the Bat For Lashes playbook, while others -- moody and atmospheric '80s music -- were less so. But collectively, they make Lost Girls one of Khan's finest collections in an already acclaimed career. The album conveys all of those influences, and it's often just as absorbing and evocative as they are.