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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from California-based indie band mildred was recorded mainly with Art Feynman/Here We Go Magic's Luke Temple.
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  • Record Label: Dog Day x Memorials of Distinction
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Folk
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Uncut
    May 19, 2026
    90
    Fans of Jason Molina, Bill Callahan or Bonnie "Prince" Billy will find nourishment a plenty in Fenceline, which draws added colour and depth from four-way songwriting and shifting lead singers. [May 2026, p.33]
  2. May 19, 2026
    80
    Fenceline has enough lyrical and musical variation and stylistic differences to warrant repeated listening.
  3. Mojo
    May 19, 2026
    80
    Some records are slow to endear themselves, and the there are records like Fenceline, the debut from Oakland housemates mildred, that have you moving in with them before the first songs ends. [Jun 2026, p.84]
  4. Record Collector
    May 19, 2026
    60
    Sometimes the album sparks the alt-country life as with the guitar crackle of Fish Sticks; sometimes it resembles incidents asides between buddies, as on the title-track. [Jun 2026, p.102]