Mechanical Bride Announces Details Of May UK Tour & Tickets
Monday, 09 May 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Mechanical Bride aka 25 year old songwriter and self-taught musician Lauren Doss today announces details of a May UK tour with the Smoke Fairies including a show at London's ULU on the 20th May.
A full list of forthcoming UK tour dates (including a show at Brighton's Great Escape this Thursday) is as follows:
Thu 12 May, Brighton Great Escape
Sat 14 May, Clitheroe Grand (w/ Smoke Fairies)
Sun 15 May, Hebden Bridge Trades Club (w/ Smoke Fairies)
Mon 16 May, Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire (w/ Smoke Fairies)
Wed 17 May, York Duchess (w/ Smoke Fairies)
Fri 20 May, London ULU (w/ Smoke Fairies)
Fri 22 July, Truck Festival
'Colour Of Fire’, the first single to be taken from Mechanical Bride’s stunning debut album ‘Living With Ants’, is out today on Transgressive. You can download the track for free from the official Mechanical Bride site, whilst you can also have a listen below.
The breathtaking video for 'Colour Of Fire' - shot in Berlin at the same place as The Pianist - is also available to view below:
Lauren Doss made quiet but confident waves back in 2008 with her debut release, a collection of beautiful songs called 'Part II: EPs'. On the mini-album was a version of Rihanna’s ‘Umbrella’, an affecting cover that seemed coated in icicles, more a haunted nursery rhyme than the original pop smash. The track received plays all over the airwaves from Radio 1, 2 and 3 to BBC6 Music and XFM and anchored this exquisite mini-collection that gained her critical acclaim as an exciting and talented new British songwriter as well as comparisons with the likes of PJ Harvey, Bat For Lashes and Laura Marling.
‘Colour Of Fire’ is a stand out track from the forthcoming album, with Lauren’s intoxicating vocal tugging at your heartstrings as she sings around a swirl of piano and lingering strings. What captivates is Lauren’s voice, at once modest yet gracefully timeless. Evoking jazz singers of a bygone age from one moment, to contemporary folk the next, her warm vocals turn feelings of loss and love into something deeply heartfelt. ‘Colour Of Fire’ is an unassuming delight.
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