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The Function of art is to Provoke. Love or Hate. |
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| Location: | California, Kansas, Connecticut |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jul 10, 2008 (499 days back) |
About Me |
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Mates of State - My Only Offer http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.... "Get Better" ..Rock-and-roll, goes the story, lives on traditions honored, expectations satisfied: chorus follows verse, bridge follows chorus. Your body feels it coming. It’s coming. It’s here: throw your arms in the air, shake your ass, stomp your feet. The 2000 Mates of State’s debut, My Solo Project, did an end-run on that familiar formula. Just drums and organ, two singers, each song packed with good ideas, each like a three-minute brainstorm, full of changes in melody, in tempo, in key, in mood. At shows, Jason Hammel hit his drums and Kori Gardner played her organ at punk-rock volume; they shouted over their twitchy carnivelsque racket; there were no guitars dragging anchor, their harmonies hit the rafters. You couldn’t compare them to anyone. This was new. This was great. They kept trading these looks on stage, these happy looks. Are you kidding me? They’re a couple? They live together? Cute. The word stuck—because the Mates left you optimistic on the subject of romance. Jason and Kori were quitting their San Francisco day jobs (she: schoolteacher, he: cancer researcher), writing more music, getting married. Moving to Connecticut. Buying a house. Having a baby. A girl. Magnolia. Cute. Except when you listened to the music. Except when you paid attention to the words. Their follow-up, 2002’s Our Constant Concern, was moodier and slightly more tense than their debut (with curiously homespun cover art). Its best song, “Haves and Have Nots,” begins with Jason and Kori sweetly serenading each other: “I know you’re not playing around / …but I know you will.” Cute, right? Not really. This was serious stuff, seriously euphoric music that took in romance, but also growing up and the occasionally fraught business of commitment. Their third full-length, Team Boo, was upbeat and amiable, but also, because it’s a Mates of State record—occasionally startling too (see “Ha Ha”). That was 2003. They played their 400th show. They opened for the Strokes. They did a video in their underwear. Now it’s 2006. The Mates of State have a new full-length on a new label (the storied Barsuk Records), and it’s more assured and more textured than what’s come before. Bring it Back is complicated in places; in others it’s simply satisfying. “Fraud in the ‘80s” chug-chugs along, till it jumpshifts into one of those soaring Mates of State harmonies (though the slightly disconcerting “You could surely try to be more alive” is the line ringing prettily out). “What it Means” is a gentle, Jason-led ballad that swells into something grand. And “Punchlines” gives immediate bliss to veteran Mates of State fans—another one of their wonderfully offbeat brainstorms, full of changes in tempo and melody, a song builds and builds and brings your blood up, lifts you out of your chair. It’s rock and roll’s trick—expectations satisfied. Except the Mates of State, that perpetually touring “post-cute” couple, once Midwesterners, then San Franciscans, now New Haven locals, do it by ignoring the basic formulas and usual run-arounds. With four full-lengths and a couple of EPs behind them, they set their own expectations. This thing is theirs alone. And it still feels new. And it makes you want to sing along, shake your ass, stomp your feet. –TA |
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Music:Member Since: 8/26/2004Band Website: matesofstate.com Band Members: Kori Gardner - organ Jason Hammel - drums Influences: Like U Crazy Video: Here!Fraud in the '80's Video: Here! Sounds Like: Record Label: Barsuk Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Other / Other) |
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My Blog |
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Re-Arrange Us Vinyl LP |
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| Hey Everyone,The LP Vinyl of Re-Arrange Us is available now! To purchase go here.... Posted by Mates of State on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:58:00 PST |
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My Only Offer |
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| -excerpt from Babble Blog-I'm loving the baby version (thanks fellow babbler and baby, Gwynne and Anslem) but here are two videos for "My Only Offer"...more at Babble Blog... Posted by Mates of State on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:40:00 PST |
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Hotel Stories (not for wussies) |
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| -excerpt from Babble Blog-Wanna hear some gross hotel stuff...probably not but I have to get it off my chest...more at Babble Blog... Posted by Mates of State on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:37:00 PST |
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Touring-No toys necessary |
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| -an excerpt from Babble Blog-Cello cases=lots of fun for short people...more at Babble Blog.... Posted by Mates of State on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:32:00 PST |
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Entertaining ourselves in the van |
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| -an excerpt from Babble Blog-Anyone who tours in a band knows that the bulk of the trip is inside of a vehicle...more at Babble Blog.... Posted by Mates of State on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:30:00 PST |
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Loretta Lynn and Great Scores |
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| -an excerpt from Babble Blog-Jason saw Loretta Lynn in Austin. I loved Coal Miner's Daughter when I was little so it's pretty cool to be playing down the street from her...more at Babble Blog.... Posted by Mates of State on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:28:00 PST |
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Touring With Twisters |
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| -an excerpt from Babble Blog-Heading to our old stomping grounds, where Jason and I met and where our band started, was worth the insane travel...more at Babble Blog.... Posted by Mates of State on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:25:00 PST |
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Yo Gabba Gabba-new dream job |
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| -an excerpt from Babble Blog-We recently got to be guests on the show. We were all very quickly in awe of both the show and the people who make it....more at Babble Blog.... Posted by Mates of State on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:34:00 PST |
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Most Mates Game / Conan + Press / Monterey / SF, Seattle, LA |
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| Hey everyone,The Most Mates Game is in full throttle and will be open to all contenders until Monday 5/26/08 at midnight Pacific Time. The winner will have their ecard on the front of MatesofState.com... Posted by Mates of State on Sun, 25 May 2008 09:14:00 PST |
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Album out today! Plus Conan O’Brien tonight |
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| "Re-Arrange Us" is available in stores today!And be sure to watch Conan O'Brien tonight featuring us as the musical guest Posted by Mates of State on Tue, 20 May 2008 10:48:00 PST |
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This American Life, Death Cab for Cutie, Chris Walla, TODD BARRY, Bishop Allen, The Strokes, All Points West Music & Arts Festival, Kork TX, COCONUT RECORDS, Grinderman, the botticellis random live clips, Tiny Telephone, Pemberton Festival, Meredith, Albert Hammond, Jr., The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Harvest Records, kimya dawson, William, Abbey, Denis, MAYONNAISE, Hexes & Ohs, milk & eggs, ♠Julian♥, road to Emmaus, Markenstein, Jess, Michelle, jeremy, Girl Friday, Prosetry, Para Para Parachute, Rachel, ♥ Thrift Fam ♥, cana, Tangent Silhouette Clothing, Aranel, Godzilla, Indie Jack, andrea, alicia, Michelle my belle, @ngelin@, =), Shelly, Sex in the Espresso, sonia lilacs, Lauren, ma rissa, Lady Bombon, johnOLIN, Crackle {I GOT A NEW MOUSE!}, Cor-dee-zee, Little Scout, [[SM]] Sarah Jane. (PC4PC?), MR. HANDS, J.Me., j.t.chisom, Justin., erinabbott, Moldy Banana's (with Haemoglobin), boog, rhino boy, k.panda, emily, Sonia, PuLaLa
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