Mates of State
| Mates of State | |
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 Mates of State, 2007 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Lawrence , Kansas , United States |
| Genre (s) | Indie pop , twee pop |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | www.matesofstate.com ( Memento from May 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) |
| Current occupation | |
| Kori Gardner | |
| Jason Mutton | |
Mates of State have been an American indie rock duo since 1997 . The group consists of Kori Gardner (vocals, keyboard, synthesizer ) and Jason Hammel (vocals, drums, glockenspiel , percussion , synthesizer).
Band history
The group's first contact took place in Lawrence , Kansas while both were involved in other music projects. In 1997 the group was formed in Lawrence, Kansas while Gardner and Hammel played together in the band Vosotros . A short time later, Hammel began studying medicine, which he gave up in 2001 to advance the music project together with Gardner. In the same year both married. They have two daughters together, Magnolia and June Elizabeth.
Gardner and Hammel lived in San Francisco until they moved to East Haven, Connecticut in 2004 . They sold their home in East Haven in February 2007 and currently live in New York City .
The band's music is characterized by the harmony of male and female voices. Both members sing with great intensity and often in the higher regions of their voices. Often they sing different but complementary melodies and texts simultaneously. The pace is almost always fast, similar to that in electronic clubs or dance music.
The band released an album on Omnibus Records before switching to polyvinyl for their second and third albums . The group also released five 7-inch singles and two EPs . In December 2005, the group changed the label again to Barsuk Records on which on March 21, 2006 the album Bring it Back was released.
Goods (All In Your Head) from the All Day EP appeared in the 2007 film In the Land of Women .
The song "For the Actor" from the album Bring It Back is used in an AT&T Mobility advertisement for wireless cell phones. The commercial shows the group during a performance. “For the Actor” continued to be used in a Carnival Cruise Lines commercial .
The band's fifth album, Re-Arrange Us , was released on May 20, 2008.
On September 13, 2011, the last album Mountaintops was released .
Tour and performances
Mates of State have performed in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia.
They also supported The Anniversary during their release tour for Your Majesty .
In 2003 Mates of State toured with Palomar and in 2006 with Spoon and Death Cab for Cutie . They also supported We Are Scientists during their UK tour in November 2006.
In February and March 2007, the group performed as part of a tour of the radio show This American Life in New York, Boston, Seattle, Chicago and Minneapolis, among others. Some of the appearances were included in the 2008 publication "What I Learned from Television".
Discography
Albums
- My Solo Project , 2000
- Our Constant Concern , 2002
- Team Boo , 2003
- Bring It Back , 2006
- Re-Arrange Us , 2008
- Mountaintops , 2011
EPs
- European Tour 2003 EP , 2003
- All Day EP , 2004
7 "singles
- Mates of State / Fighter D Split , 1999
- Mates of State , 2000
- Lower , 2001, split single with The Shins & Sparklehorse
- Beehive State / Via Legitimate , 2001
- Mates of State / Dear Nora Split , 2002
- Fraud in the '80s , 2006
- Like U Crazy , 2006
more publishments
- 2002 - Why You Little ... on the compilation CD Ten Years of Noise Pop (Amazing Grease)
- 2004 - These Days ( Jackson-Browne - Cover ) on the soundtrack of Wicker Park (MGM)
- 2005 - Invitation Inn on the compilation A House Full of Friends (Magic Marker)
- 2006 - California ( Phantom-Planet - Cover ) for the compilation Music from the OC: Mix 6 (WEA)
- 2006 - Popular Mistakes on the compilation CD This is a Care Package (Exotic Fever)
- 2007 - Jellyman Kelly ( James Taylor Cover ) on the compilation CD For The Kids III (RCA)
- 2007 - So Many Ways soundtrack & continues to be used as a theme (music) for an episode of Kyle XY . Released on May 22, 2007 on MySpace Records.
- 2008 - Little Boxes ( Malvina Reynolds ), music theme for an episode of Weeds (not officially released)
Web links
- Website ( Memento from May 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mates of State's Jason Hammel Chats With Daze . Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ↑ Smell ya later Tarquin Studio . January 22, 2008. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
- ^ Mates of State announce new album, Mountaintops . www.consequenceofsound.net . June 9, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
