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Connecticutβs (shoutout to CT) Mates Of State are releasing their new album Mountaintops on September 13th. With male-female vocals and melodies as sweet and colorful as a bag of Jolly Ranchers, the indie-pop bandβs seventh album shows that theyβre just as capable over horns and pianos as they are over synths and bouncing bass lines. They had me 18 seconds into track one. Head over to Rolling Stone to stream the album. But then come back here.
Album Stream: Mates Of State β Mountaintops
Hit the jump for tour datesβ¦
Mates of State U.S. Tour Dates
9/21 β Washington DC β 930 Club *#
9/22 β Cincinnati, OH β Mid Point Music Festival
9/23 β Pittsburgh, PA β Mr. Smalls *#
9/24 β Philadelphia, PA β Popped Festival
9/26 β Boston, MA β Royale *#
9/27 β Montreal β Il Motore *#
9/28 β Toronto β Phoenix Concert Theatre *#
9/29 β Detroit β St. Andrews *#
9/30 β Chicago β Metro *#
10/1 β Columbus, OH β Newport Music Hall %#
10/3 β Asheville, NC β The Orange Peel %#
10/4 β Nashville, TN β Exit/In %#
10/5 β Charlotte, NC β Visulite Theatre %#
10/6 β Atlanta, GA β Drunken Unicorn %#
10/7 β Orlando, FL β The Social %#
10/8 β Sunrise, FL β Langerado Festival
10/10 β Richmond, VA β Canal Club %#
10/11 β Baltimore, MD β Ottobar #%
10/12 β New York, NY β Webster Hall %
10/26 β Birmingham, AL β WorkPlay Theatre $
10/27 β Tallahassee, FL β Club Downunder $
10/28 β New Orleans, LA β Voodoo Festival
10/30 β Little Rock, AR β Revolution Music Room $
10/31 β St. Louis, MO β The Firebird $
11/01 β Tulsa, OK β Cainβs Ballroom $
11/02 β Dallas, TX β Granada Theater $
11/04 β Houston, TX β Fitzgeraldβs $
11/06 β Austin, TX β Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/07 β Tucson, AZ β Plush $
11/08 β Los Angeles, CA β The Music Box $
11/09-11/11 β Las Vegas, NV β Book & Stage @ The Cosmopolitan
11/12 β Salt Lake City, UT β Urban Lounge $
11/13 β Denver, CO β Bluebird Theater $
11/15 β Kansas City, MO β Record Bar $
11/16 β Omaha, NE β The Waiting Room $
11/17 β Iowa City, IA β Blue Moose $ @
11/18 β Minneapolis, MN β Fine Line Music CafΓ© $
11/19 β Milwaukee, WI β Turner Hall Ballroom $
11/21 β Cleveland, OH β Beachland Ballroom $
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* w/ Suckers
# w/ Yawn
% w/ Other Lives
$ w/ Generationals
@ w/ Ra Ra Riot