Mechanical Bride

british folk

You might not have heard of oddly named Mechanical Bride, a.k.a. Lauren Doss, a young folk songstress from Brighton, but there’s a pretty big chance her song “Umbrella” will sound familiar. Mechanical Brides’ radical rework of Rihanna’s R&B styled “Umbrella” renders the ubiquitous hit into a beautiful folk ballad. Slowing the tempo down and adding a slightly eerie feeling to it, Mechanical Bride bewitches with gentle piano refrains, tender voice and haunting whispers, not only making it a highly successful cover, but giving it a whole new meaning.

Unexpectedly original interpretation.
Mechanical Bride – Umbrella
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Posted by Julija on Sunday, February 17th, 2008 under folk.

19 Responses to “Mechanical Bride”

  1. Noah said on February 17th at 6:57 pm :

    This is awfully nice. Doss has a great torch singer voice.

  2. kenji said on February 18th at 7:52 am :

    simply fantastic.

  3. sunshine said on February 18th at 10:44 am :

    wonderfull!

  4. Alex said on February 18th at 10:29 pm :

    I love this site. Thanks for all the great music you refer! Simply amazing. Such a breath of fresh air.

  5. donna said on February 18th at 11:17 pm :

    umbrella has to be one of the most covered songs of the past year. this version isn’t bad at all, though.

    i’ve been visiting 3hive for years, and i just recently found aurgasm through their links page. wish i had discovered it sooner. awesome site!

    (and yey for boston, i live there too)

  6. Kyle said on February 19th at 1:53 pm :

    wow

  7. Icy_Johnson said on February 19th at 6:47 pm :

    This caught me off guard. I didn’t read the bio before listening; great version! Reminds me of Little Dragon.

  8. hannah said on February 21st at 9:49 pm :

    this song is amazingggg.
    i love it.

  9. David said on February 22nd at 12:04 pm :

    Ohhh… I like this cover, nice find yet again!

    – David
    http://www.audiodrums.com

  10. Uli said on March 12th at 5:26 pm :

    Really beautiful! Best one of all the covers I heard until. So much changed, so much shifted to the good side, but then she doesn’t have the guts to leave this killing ella-ella-ey-ey crap outside?

  11. kyle said on March 16th at 6:32 pm :

    empha-sis-sis-sigh

  12. Basement Maxxx said on March 22nd at 3:45 am :

    breathtaking version. thanks a lot.

  13. Elendil said on March 24th at 10:22 pm :

    The woman has a marvellous voice, indeed… But Umbrella? What a shame! Another song would have suited her better… her voice does give some depth to the song, but it is still not at all good… She can do wonders with other songs. Great potential, and great talent!!

  14. Alan said on April 12th at 5:13 am :

    Superb! The way she transformed this song into something ethereal and dreamy is genius!

  15. priya said on April 23rd at 10:33 pm :

    wow, it’s beautiful…

  16. Fibonacci said on May 20th at 12:12 pm :

    I love it. Thanks for posting. =)

  17. Gribel said on January 29th at 8:59 pm :

    I couldnt find this song on itunes :(

  18. ida said on February 14th at 4:22 pm :

    “Umbrella” is rubbish. It made me mad in 2007 when I was working at a factory in Brighton, and the local radio rummaged it every damned hour. Grrrrrhhhhhhhhh…..

  19. Conner said on December 3rd at 4:56 am :

    this is so gorgeous, thanks for the post!

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