FENCES RELEASES VIDEO FOR ‘NO ONE’
TAKEN FROM HIS FORTHCOMING 4TH ALBUM ‘BRIGHT SOIL’ DUE SEPTEMBER 15th
ALBUM FEATURES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FELIX PASTORIUS, JEREMIAH GREEN (MODEST MOUSE), WESLEY SCHULTZ AND RYAN LEWIS (MACKLEMORE & LEWIS).
“No One was filmed in Santa Clarita. A sort of dust bowl riddled with broken things, lizards, my friends and expensive cameras. It was surreal to sort of create that world in my head days before over a cup of coffee and then to live in it for a day. Spencer (Director) and I have worked together before and I think we understand one another creatively. To be honest, I could have stayed in that trailer with Gary and Penny.” Christopher Mansfield
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Christopher Mansfield, who records under the Fences moniker, has a new video for “No One” the 2nd single to be taken from his forthcoming album ‘Bright Soil’ due this September via Enci Records.
Directed by Spencer Sease and produced by Randi Wilens the video evokes a sense of movement and urgency as Mansfield revisits his former self.
Stream Track HERE.
Play Video on YouTube HERE.
The new song follows the album’s first single “Thin Legs” which was released in March.
‘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 his “dream band” for the album, with lifelong friend Felix Pastorius (son of Jaco Pastorius) on bass and Jeremiah Green (Modest Mouse) on drums, drums. Wesley Schultz and Ryan Lewis (Macklemore & Lewis) also add vocals and production respectively. Mansfield’s wife, Maxine, also appears.
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What others have said about Fences:
“.. if you took Phoebe Bridgers with a male lead vocal and infused The Cure and some Elliott Smith into the mix”. Blood Makes Noise
“Breezy, rustic, big-hearted indie folk songs that should appeal to fans of Lord Huron, Manchester Orchestra, and other stuff of that ilk.” – Brooklyn Vegan
“a vivid, poetic encounter with a talent operating on his own terms” Clash
“…alongside down-and-out saints with vigour like Townes Van Zandt, Elliott Smith and The Cure, Mansfield sears vivid scenes rooted in hardship, drinking, despair and fear of losing love into the psyche…..yet at all times he does so with a hand on his pop pistol, ready to blast completely into smithereens what, on paper, would look like just another hushed singer-songwriter on a downer” –Drowned In Sound
“…further testament to Christopher Mansfield’s deeply emotional and expressive song-writing. Writers such as Mansfield remind us that pop can still be spiritual, sublime, its expressive qualities capable of elevating the spirits and challenging our preconceptions about art of any kind.”- PopMatters
“As an artist, Mansfield is comfortable in many lanes. He can croon with an acoustic or glide on a house beat or sing on a hip-hop track hook. His talent is malleable…”- American Songwriter
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