Fences’ Christopher Mansfield Releases His First Book Of Poetry ‘The Horses In Montana’
New Directors Cut Available For ‘Werewolf Palm’ Video.
Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter/guitarist Christopher Mansfield, who records as Fences, has released his first book of poetry, entitled “The Horses In Montana.”
“The Horses in Montana” is a collection of short narratives about the experiences that shaped Mansfield into the artist he is today. It’s available to buy HERE.
Fences’ latest album ‘Bright Soil’ was released in September via Enci Records and you can stream it HERE.
‘Bright Soil’ spotlights not only a time of monumental changes in Mansfield’s life but is perhaps his most cohesive album to date. He assembled what he refers to as his “dream band” with lifelong friend Felix Pastorius (son of Jaco Pastorius) on bass and Jeremiah Green (Modest Mouse) on drums, Wesley Schultz and Ryan Lewis (Macklemore & Lewis) also add vocals and production respectively. Mansfield’s wife, Maxine, also appears.
He said “I wanted to get people whose sound I loved so that if I wanted to, I could just leave and I could trust that they’d do their best. Jeremiah has a great natural flow to his playing and Felix is even more technically proficient than his father in some regards. I think he’s the best bass player in the world right now.” For guitar, he turned to Thomas Hunter of The Heavy. “I wasn’t being greedy but wanted to get the best players—it was like picking a soccer team in school. It was a joy.”
‘Bright Soil’ arrives with the director’s cut of the video for the track “Werewolf Palm,” directed by Hanna Gray Hall (Spanish Love Songs, Starbenders). Mansfield says, “It is a very uncomfortable world. It would take years of convincing to tell me what we shot was only pretend. Hannah is an absolute genius and the fact the entire thing was HER alone behind a camera is almost shocking. It’s my favorite video I’ve made and I wish I could film it again and again every day.“ Watch the Directors Cut HERE.
In the past, Fences has collaborated with the likes of Billy Strings, Tegan & Sara, Macklemore, Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla, Jacquire King (Of Monsters and Men), Nile Marr (son of Johnny Marr), Cedric Bixler-Zavala (The Mars Volta, At The Drive-In) and many more.