Fierce Mild

"Consider us smitten. Fierce Mild are an all-guns-blazing trio out to put the angular punk-funk shizzle in the music. From Dublin, they throw all the right shapes and make all the right yelps on tracks like “Bell Hooks” and “Ann Lovett’s Letters”". Jim Carroll / The Irish Times - Irish Times

Taking their cues from political girl bands who made a big impression in the past from The Slits to Le Tigre and from members who have form in the area of feminist politically-aware music from bands like Party Weirdo, Dublin three-piece Fierce Mild’s debut EP addresses modern Ireland through a policy of danceable post-punk.

Yes n Yes n Yes pertinently addresses the upcoming marriage referendum through sound thoughts of equality and encouragement (“it’s time to go and use your voting right / vote for queer / vote for straight “) but the EP also addresses the art of small talk “when you’re waiting at a gig for a friend” and other everyday situations like feeling the pressure to have children because of ticking biological clocks on ‘Not Broody’.

At a zippy five tracks, it doesn’t stay long but the impression it leaves it greater than many milder bands with nothing to say about modern life. As they say themselves, they sail their own ships. Get on board and say yes ‘n’ yes ‘n’ yes. - Nialler9

Teeming with crackling atmosphere and rattling percussion Fierce Mild’s debut is a perfect example of electric, jolting energy. Yes n Yes n Yes is very much a record with something to say.

From the battling beat of ‘Tracy’s Girls’ to the restlessness of ‘Small Talk’ the band create a grounded relatable sound that lays waste to reserved nothingness that dominates the charts at the present.

What is so striking about the Fierce Mild is just how quickly they capture the dissatisfaction and frustration of now while also delivering a promising look to the future with songs like ‘Equal People’.

This is where the trio really set themselves apart. In a world where dull, boring sameness is deemed to be the hallmark of success and rewarded with constant unrelenting radio play, Fierce Mild convey what is really happening not just musically but socially.

Yes n Yes n Yes is an utterly authentic record. Foregoing the clichéd post-modernist irony that many garage-rock acts lean so heavily on, Fierce Mild take the “put up or shut up” approach. Upfront, abrasive and gloriously feral the E.P is stripped bare of all pretense, leaving just the music’s pure rawness speak for itself. - The Last Mixed Tape