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Mates of State Launch Video for Sway, Plus Tour Dates

Mates of StateInfluential Connecticut-based modern pop duo, Mates of State, have a new music video for their incessantly catchy song “Sway,” from the recently released album, Mountaintops. The video, directed by XXXX, features a girl who falls down a rabbit hole to discover another world in perfect Lewis Carroll fashion. It showcases the band performing in a high school gym auditorium, outfitted with beautiful flowers, as if nature has exploded at the prom. Experience the fantasy for yourself.

Don’t miss Mates of State on the road, as they are currently in the middle of their Fall tour’s second leg, which is in support of Mountaintops, recently released on September 13th via Barsuk Records to critical acclaim. Mountaintops is the band’s full-length follow up to 2008′s Re-Arrange Us. The self-produced album was written and recorded over the last year and a half in six different studios with multiple engineers, and then tied together by mixer Chris Coady (Beach House, Gang Gang Dance, Smith Westerns).

Mates of State Fall 2011 Tour Dates
11/04 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s #
11/06 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/07 – Tucson, AZ – Plush #
11/08 – Los Angeles, CA – The Music Box #
11/09 – Las Vegas, NV – Book & Stage @ The Cosmopolitan
11/10 – Las Vegas, NV – Book & Stage @ The Cosmopolitan
11/11 – Las Vegas, NV – Book & Stage @ The Cosmopolitan
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 #
11/17 – Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose #
11/18 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Café #
11/19 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom #
11/21 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom #
# w/ Generationals

Mates of State Drops Mountaintops on September 13th With Tour Dates

Mates of State

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


Mates of State Set To Drop Mountaintops on September 13th

Mates of State

Influential Connecticut-based modern pop duo Mates of State have finished recording their newest album, Mountaintops, to be released September 13th via Barsuk Records. Mountaintops is the band’s first since 2008′s acclaimed Re-Arrange Us. The new album was self-produced, written and recorded over the last year and a half in six different studios with multiple different engineers, and then tied together by mixer Chris Coady (Beach House, Gang Gang Dance, Smith Westerns).

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


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