Influential Connecticut-based modern pop duo Mates of State are offering listeners a free download of “Maracas,” the first available track from their forthcoming album Mountaintops, at their website.

Mountaintops is the band’s full-length follow up to 2008′s critically acclaimed Re-Arrange Us. The self-produced album was written and recorded over the last year and a half in 6 different studios with multiple different engineers. For track listing, see below.

The band will begin touring the US in the fall; for a full list of dates, see below. Starting on September 21, the band will tour the East Coast, kicking off at D.C.’s 9:30 Club and playing through October 12 where they will visit New York City’s Webster Hall.

Mates of State Tour Dates
9/21 – Washington DC @930 Club *#
9/22 – Cincinnati, OH – Mid Point Music Festival
9/23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls *#
9/24 – Philadelphia, PA – Popped Festival
9/26 – Boston, MA – Royale *#
9/27 – Montreal – Il Motore *#
9/28 – Toronto – Phoenix Concert Theatre *#
9/29 – Detroit – St. Andrews *#
9/30 – Chicago – Metro *#
10/1 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall %#
10/3 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel %#
10/4 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In %#
10/5 – Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre %#
10/6 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn %#
10/7 – Orlando, FL – The Social %#
10/8 – Sunrise, FL – Langerado Festival
10/10 – Richmond, VA – Canal Club %#
10/11 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar #%
10/12 – New York, NY – Webster Hall %
10/26 – Birmingham, AL – WorkPlay Theatre $
10/27 – Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder $
10/30 – Little Rock, AR – Revolution Music Room $
10/31 – St. Louis, MO – The Firebird $
11/01 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom $
11/02 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater $
11/04 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s $
11/07 – Tucson, AZ – Plush $
11/08 – Los Angeles, CA – The Music Box $
11/12 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge $
11/13 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater $
11/15 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar $
11/16 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room $
11/18 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Café $
11/19 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom $
11/21 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom $

* w/ Suckers
# w/ Yawn
% w/ Other Lives
$ w/ Generationals

Mates of State Mountaintops Track List

1. Palomino
2. Maracas
3. Sway
4. Unless I’m Led
5. Total Serendipity
6. Basement Money
7. At Least I Have You
8. Desire
9. Change
10. Mistakes