Fences

VINYL FORMAT. On 180 gram vinyl! Chris Mansfield fancies himself a fuck-up. Through the ten songs that make up the self titled full-length from Fences (the twenty-seven year old musician's band), the singer/songwriter sings, in his resigned baritone, how he just can't seem to get it right - love, life, family - again and again. Most songwriters are lucky to write a single love song that truly cuts to the bone once in their lifetime. With his debut record, Mansfield has managed to write ten such songs; taught, jangling, downcast pop songs that expose the crippling pain and ineffable beauty that comes from a true kind of love. If Mansfield's growing international fanbase - which includes the album's producer Sara Quin, of Tegan and Sara - shows anything, it's that Mansfield can do no wrong with his songs.