Mildred

Mildred is a four-piece band from Oakland, California, whose songs are written collectively, with each one reshaped by the group. This Leeds date places the act at The Cardigan Arms.

Mildred is a band from Oakland, California, made up of four members who share the songwriting equally. There is no lead singer, and no single person writes the songs: each one starts with one member and is then reworked by the other three, so a lyric often passes between them before it is finished. The members are Henry Easton Koehler (vocals, guitar), Jack Schrott (vocals, guitar), Matt Palmquist (vocals, bass, woodwinds) and Will Fortna (drums, production).

The songs on Fenceline were developed in this way. A critic at Clash Magazine compared the band to Pavement with an Americana lean. The group traces its origins to a decision to make playing, talking and thinking about music together a central part of their lives. Mildred was formed so that its members could spend more time together in the do-it-yourself spaces where they first played, rather than to move on from them.

The Cardigan Arms is a Leeds venue that hosts concerts and shows, and this booking places the band there.