Release Date: 15 June 2015
Label: Fierce Panda
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5020422229525
Genres: Indie
Release Date: 10 July 2015
Label: Fierce Panda
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 655173115510
Genres: Indie
Description
Nine years since they last played live in the UK and four years since their last album the gently revered and long-time married, Connecticut-based, exuberant, indie-synth-pop duo of Kori Gardner (vocals, organ, piano and occasional guitar) and Jason Hammel (vocals, drums, percussion and occasional synthesiser) have announced the release of a brand new five-track EP called ''You're Going To Make It''.
This new batch of tunes is Mates Of State in its purest form, fizzing with razor-sharp harmonies, shimmering new wave synth melodies and lyrics that speak to both personal and universal concerns.
''You're Going To Make It'' then is nothing but choice cuts; five anthemic and emotionally rich songs which are the cream of the songwriting crop, tunes that wriggle into your every waking hour like the earworms they are. On ''Beautiful Kids'' the band speaks of how a sense of loneliness pervades, even though we are connected to one another 24/7 thanks to modern technology. Or as Hammel puts it: "We all just want to be seen, but we won't look up from our screens so that we can be seen." ''Gonna Get It'' and ''I Want To Run'' build off the same inspiring notion of the EP''s title, encouraging both themselves and their fans to keep striving no matter what the odds. And fist-pumping opener ''Staring Contest'' speaks to that delicious ache of schoolyard crushes and youthful love.
Description
Mates of State's new self-produced EP, You're Going To Make It, is nothing but choice cuts: five anthemic and emotionally-rich songs that will quickly take up residence in your mental jukebox; five anthemic songs that wriggle into your every waking hour like the earworms they are. This new batch of tunes is Mates of State in its purest form.
The razor sharp harmonies, shimmering new wave synth melodies, an internal warmth that can only come from a couple that has been musically and romantically involved for nearly two decades, and lyrics that speak to both personal and universal concerns.
On "Beautiful Kids," the band speaks to how, even though we are connected to one another 24/7 thanks to modern technology, a sense of loneliness still pervades. Or as Hammel puts it: "We all just want to be seen, but we won't look up from our screens so that we can be seen."
"Gonna Get It" and "I Want To Run" build off the same inspiring notion of the EP's title, encouraging both themselves and their fans to keep striving no matter what the odds. And fist-pumping opener "Staring Contest" speaks to that delicious ache of schoolyard crushes and youthful love.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Desperate Journalist
The Blackout
Electricity In Our Homes
Coldplay
China Bears
Ash
Neon Waltz
Ash
Mates Of State
