Mates of State Bring Back the Ecstatic Feelings of Pop
tony
Apr 03, 2006
When people first talked about the illicit drug Ecstasy the women would describe it as a touchie-feelie "love drug" and the men would raise their eyebrows and promise that if i did it with a "special lady" id be getting action all night long! Whoo-Hoo!
Turned out the drug taught me a whole lot about sex And love, namely that sex involved a certain degree of agression and what could almost be described as violence. Whereas love was a far more gentle, caring, and peaceful state of mind.
And Ecstasy, like the women had explained was something that took the voilence out of everything, meaning that even if you had the hottest sexiest young lady on campus in your bedroom youd be just as content to hold her hand and feel her hair - or the carpet - as you would to giggle while chewing bubble gum and watching it explode on your face.
You'd wake up in the morning with her, nude, smiling, with a regained innocence and later realize that you never once had coitus with her, nor did you care.
The Mates of State are not only like E but theyre also the music you'd want to play and the gum you'd rather be chewing. This duo can sing about anything under the sun but what comes out of your speakers are rainbows and lollipops.
Don't believe me, listen to their new single "Fraud in the 80's" about bands that steal from bygone eras and tell me it doesnt make you wanna tap your feet and shake your hands around like you just dont care.
A married couple, on organs and drums, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel chrun out the positivity a lot like the Polyphonic Spree minus the creepiness of that Jim Jones meets the Hari Krishna kool-aid gulping giddiness. Almost like a sweeter version of the Flaming Lips without guitars.
"Bring It Back" is the Connecticut couple's fourth full-length album whose catalogue includes several singles and two EPs. This offerring however is from Barsuk Records, the Seattle label that helped launch Death Cab For Cutie and is home to They Might Be Giants, John Vanderslice, Nada Surf, and the first Rilo Kiley album.
Perfect daytime music Mates of State is known for their joyous live shows that are impossible not to dance to, but after they perform dont be surprised to see Gardner in the Sahara Tent grooving to the Material Girl.
"Madonna's playing!" Gardner recently told MTV. "I'm excited, and it's going to be rad to be around good music all day."
Mates of State on Tour in April
4/3 - Urbana, IL @ Canopy Club 4/4 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews 4/5 - Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater 4/6 - Chicago, IL @ Metro 4/7 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick 4/8 - Notre Dame, IN @ Legends of Notre Dame 4/9 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom 4/12 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 4/20 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos 4/21 - Vancouver, BC @ Plaza Club 4/28 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall 4/30 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival!!!
Turned out the drug taught me a whole lot about sex And love, namely that sex involved a certain degree of agression and what could almost be described as violence. Whereas love was a far more gentle, caring, and peaceful state of mind.
And Ecstasy, like the women had explained was something that took the voilence out of everything, meaning that even if you had the hottest sexiest young lady on campus in your bedroom youd be just as content to hold her hand and feel her hair - or the carpet - as you would to giggle while chewing bubble gum and watching it explode on your face.
You'd wake up in the morning with her, nude, smiling, with a regained innocence and later realize that you never once had coitus with her, nor did you care.The Mates of State are not only like E but theyre also the music you'd want to play and the gum you'd rather be chewing. This duo can sing about anything under the sun but what comes out of your speakers are rainbows and lollipops.
Don't believe me, listen to their new single "Fraud in the 80's" about bands that steal from bygone eras and tell me it doesnt make you wanna tap your feet and shake your hands around like you just dont care.
A married couple, on organs and drums, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel chrun out the positivity a lot like the Polyphonic Spree minus the creepiness of that Jim Jones meets the Hari Krishna kool-aid gulping giddiness. Almost like a sweeter version of the Flaming Lips without guitars.
"Bring It Back" is the Connecticut couple's fourth full-length album whose catalogue includes several singles and two EPs. This offerring however is from Barsuk Records, the Seattle label that helped launch Death Cab For Cutie and is home to They Might Be Giants, John Vanderslice, Nada Surf, and the first Rilo Kiley album.
Perfect daytime music Mates of State is known for their joyous live shows that are impossible not to dance to, but after they perform dont be surprised to see Gardner in the Sahara Tent grooving to the Material Girl.
"Madonna's playing!" Gardner recently told MTV. "I'm excited, and it's going to be rad to be around good music all day."
Mates of State on Tour in April
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