{"product_id":"mildred-fenceline-repress","title":"Mildred - Fenceline (Repress)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMildred\u003c\/strong\u003e have announced their debut album \u003cem\u003eFenceline\u003c\/em\u003e (out 24 April via Memorials of Distinction \/ Dog Day Records). They have also shared the Nick Roberts-directed video for lead single \u003cem\u003eFish Sticks\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking of \u003cem\u003eFish Sticks\u003c\/em\u003e and the album, Mildred say: “Fish Sticks is a song of scenes from two worlds. Conversations with your boss. Acute workplace mediocrity. Riding home and eating fish sticks with your friends. For UK audiences, a fish stick is a fish finger, ideally Alaskan-caught cod. The song comes packaged in \u003cem\u003eFenceline\u003c\/em\u003e, an album about conversations with old friends, little cousins, ceaseless piles of dust in your crumbling duplex, loves and theologians and their books. Fencelines mark two places but belong to neither. Neither nor, either or.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAhead of \u003cem\u003eFenceline\u003c\/em\u003e, at the end of last year Mildred released their debut twin EPs \u003cem\u003emild\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ered\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 (\u003cem\u003eWe’re New Here\u003c\/em\u003e), The New Cue, Clash, DIY and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMildred is a band from Oakland, CA of four equal parts. They don’t have a lead singer, no one person writes the songs. The songs that make up \u003cem\u003eFenceline\u003c\/em\u003e come together as a group with their genesis sprouting from any one of their members - \u003cstrong\u003eHenry Easton Koehler\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals, guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eJack Schrott\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals, guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Palmquist\u003c\/strong\u003e (vocals, bass, woodwinds) or \u003cstrong\u003eWill Fortna\u003c\/strong\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSummed up neatly by Clash, “imagine if \u003cstrong\u003ePavement\u003c\/strong\u003e went Americana and you’d be close”, Mildred make music that is pure and poetic, gently addictive and never overwrought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lyrics for their songs are written largely alone and often draw from their own individual lives and experiences but there’s a shared something there. “It makes sense when common threads emerge” they say, “because we do things together a lot as friends: cook, laze about on a weekend, listen to an album, go walkabout, read, go see movies etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrikingly literal or intriguingly oblique, Mildred have a remarkable way with lyrics that lodge themselves in your head softly but with such determination that they begin to feel like shimmering memories from your own life. \u003cem\u003eFenceline\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of songs that you want to hold close and delve into, and yet play to everyone you know.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MEMORIALS OF DISTINCTION","offers":[{"title":"Indies Exclusive Amber Vinyl LP","offer_id":58660131799385,"sku":"SDZ-49228","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":58660143268185,"sku":"SDZ-49229","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/use-ild.png?v=1784807247","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/mildred-fenceline-repress","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}