Mates of State has been around for a good while now,but why the hell haven’t I heard of them until yesterday?! They have the hot, hot boy-girl harmonic action that I love about bands like Quasi and Rainer Maria, and they sound like something I would totally love. I’m actually quite angry that no one made me listen to them.
It’s like Rushmore: An awesome movie that everyone talked about but I never ever saw, and when I did see it, I kicked myself for not having seen it years earlier. The only explanation I can think of is that they were popular while I was in Olympia, and Oly had more than enough of its own music scene. It kind of existed in a bubble, because we had tons of bands to follow and go see and enjoy, so we rarely saught music outside the sphere. With Calvin Johnson, Mirah, The Microphones, The Blow, Liarbird, The Strangers, and countless others, why would weneed to look elsewhere?
Anyhow, if you’re reading this, and you like Quasi, Rainer Maria, and hot hot boy/girl harmonic action, go check out Mates of State’s new album Bring It Back. You’ll thank yourself like I am thanking myself right now.
That sounds… so wrong…
