MILDRED SHARE NEW TRACK ‘FENCELINE’
DEBUT ALBUM FENCELINE OUT 24 APRIL VIA MEMORIALS OF DISTINCTION /
DOG DAY RECORDS
Watch the video for ‘Fenceline’ here:
https://youtu.be/89-it4BSiSQ
Listen everywhere here:
https://bfan.link/fenceline-single
“The material contained signs of creative acceleration, a growing sense of confidence as Mildred gelled into a unified vision.”
Clash
“The storytelling is packed with poetic flairs and turns of phrase”
The Line of Best Fit
“How about this very nice two and half minutes of country-pop longing called Water by a band named Mildred, a quartet of singer-songwriters based in Oakland, California? It’s great, isn’t it”
The New Cue
“If you haven’t yet encountered Mildred […] you’re in for a treat”
Uncut
“Mildred proves that friendship and spontaneity can create something beautifully unexpected”
Still Listening
“Fenceline captures Mildred at the point where scattered scenes, relationships, and half-formed ideas coalesce into something quietly assured”
whynow
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Mildred – a band from Oakland, CA of four equal parts: four singers, four songwriters – recently announced their debut album Fenceline which will be released on 24 April via Memorials of Distinction / Dog Day Records. Along with the announcement they shared the video for lead single ‘Fish Sticks‘ and have today followed up with a Nick Fortna-directed video for new single ‘Fenceline‘.
The track exudes Mildred’s effortless songwriting prowess: laidback in its veneer, pertinent in its outlook. Never shying away from everyday tussles, the band reach through with a comforting deftness borne from learned introspection.
Speaking of the track Mildred say:
“I’ve never been good at keeping track of time. It bleeds, blurs and tangles no matter how much I try to corral and chapter it. This song is about that — attempts at filing experience into order.“
At the end of last year, Mildred released their debut twin EPs mild and red, an insatiable collection of songs birthed before Mildred even knew they were a band. Arriving purposefully on the scene in that gentle, approachable Mildred way, the EPs picked up support from The Guardian, The Line of Best Fit, Uncut (‘We’re New Here’), The New Cue, Clash, DIY and more. Before they had even widely released any music, they also played made their debut on UK shores with a headline show at The Windmill in Brixton (initiating impromptu acapella during a sudden blackout), as well as playing at London’s The Shacklewell Arms and Bristol’s The Louisiana.
They also recently supported Naima Bock on her US tour last month.
The songs that make up Fenceline come together as a group with their genesis sprouting from any one of their members – Henry Easton Koehler (vocals, guitar), Jack Schrott (vocals, guitar), Matt Palmquist (vocals, bass, woodwinds) or Will Fortna (drums, production) – each time. The songs are often wrestled from the lead writer by the other three, a lyric might have been mumbled absentmindedly for a few days before one of the other three grabs at it. If you ask any Mildred member what their favourite part of Fenceline is, it will never be something they wrote. If you pin them down and ask them what their favourite part of something they did write was, it will always be something somebody else added to it.
Purchase Fenceline on limited vinyl and CD here:
https://bfan.link/fenceline
Purchase the 250 limited ‘UPS Brown’ Dinked Edition here:
https://ffm.bio/mildred
Photo credit: Kevin Herhusky
High-res images can be found here
Fenceline cover art painting by Jack Schrott
Fenceline tracklist:
1. UPS Brown
2. Fish Sticks
3. Charlie
4. Cobwebs
5. Fenceline
6. Fleet Week
7. Aquinas
8. Mumblecore Melody
9. Pitch Boats
10. Hardcore of Beauty
Praise for Mildred:
“A beautiful song that might have been designed for autumn: slow-paced, it gradually washes over you, infused with a weary sadness”
The Guardian
“Imagine if Pavement went Americana and you’d be close […] deft songwriting that aims to unpick standard tropes and surprise at every turn. A fantastic introduction”
Clash
“The storytelling is packed with poetic flairs and turns of phrase”
The Line of Best Fit
“How about this very nice two and half minutes of country-pop longing called Water by a band named Mildred, a quartet of singer-songwriters based in Oakland, California? It’s great, isn’t it”
The New Cue
“If you haven’t yet encountered Mildred […] you’re in for a treat”
Uncut
“Mildred proves that friendship and spontaneity can create something beautifully unexpected”
Still Listening
“Fenceline captures Mildred at the point where scattered scenes, relationships, and half-formed ideas coalesce into something quietly assured”
whynow
“They’re my favourite band”
Naima Bock via Uncut
“They’re never flashy, instead their gently perfect vocal harmonies, and slowly unfurling instrumentation show the devil’s in the details…and what gorgeous details they are!”
For The Rabbits
“A beguiling, gentle introduction to the sound of Mildred”
God Is In The TV ‘Tracks of the Week’
“Hypnotising in its drift and quietly devastating in its emotional undercurrent”
Atwood
“One of the best new bands on the scene”
Americana UK
“An overarching feeling of warmth and openness”
The Most Radicalist ‘List Pick’
“Ever-compelling and wildly talented”
To Be Frank
“Intoxicating”
Joyzine