Album Review: Mechanical Bride—Part II EPs

From the first reverb-drenched vocals of the seven-track Part II – EPs you know you’re listening to something special.

Lo-fi, simplistic production doesn’t conceal the quality of the sparse, folky songs and the startling, hauntingly direct voice of 22-year-old Lauren Doss.

Her cover of Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’ is the obvious stand-out, all spaced-out glockenspiel, icy violin and off-key piano. It’s lonely, ghostly and mercifully different from the original.

The rambling guitars of ‘Shuffle’ are decidedly filler-ish, however.

Magical and original – but not long enough – big things are expected of you Ms. Doss.