Christopher Mansfield, under the moniker Fences, has released a new track from his upcoming album, Bright Soil -- available in August from Enci Records. The new track, entitled "No One," can be streamed now. Mansfield comments on the track:
"No One" is a VERY old song. Written when I could fall in love with how a woman rolled a cigarette and a cocaine nose bleed was used to finger paint on a brown grocery bag. In the end, regardless of how relevant the lyrics are to me now in my life is, in fact, irrelevant. Someone else is somewhere else other than me. The song is a gallop that I still resonate with. The tempo is anxious in a way that feels alluring. I’d like to do more songs at this speed.
Bright Soil will also feature some special guests, including Jeremiah Green from Modest Mouse, Wesley Schultz of The Lumineers, Felix Pastorius, Ryan Lewis, Thomas Hunter of The Heavy, and Mansfield's wife, Maxine. Mansfield notes:
“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. 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.
