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Friday
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23 2015 8:30PM doors -- music at 10:00PM ••• ALL AGES $15 in advance / $18 at the door Mates Of State matesofstate.com/ indie pop Fictionist www.fictionist.com/ alternative rock Mates Of State -Mates of State are an American indie pop duo, active since 1997. The group is composed of the husband-and-wife team of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel. -In the early 2000s, it was not terribly uncommon to meet a punk kid with a soft spot for the Mates of State. There was an unmistakable DIY spirit to the band's earliest material. Husband-and-wife duo Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner's voices joined in imperfect, occasionally overripe harmony, and their songs were patchwork pieces with seams proudly showing -- all of which added to their debut record's unique and infectious charm. Much has been made of the Mates' cheerful music as a testament to how completely and adorably in love they are. A decade later, certain core facts remain: Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel are still happily married, they are still an organ-and-drums two-piece, and you'd still convulse in a fit of sugar shakes if you found a way to bite into one of their songs. But now, their harmonies got more technically sound, their songs moved more fluidly-- basically, the seams don't show anymore. Impervious to trends and refreshingly uncool, Mates of State have managed to progress and mature within the confines of their own self-made niche. All of which is pretty punk, when you get right down to it. Some more core facts about the Mates of State: Gardner and Hammel quit their day jobs 10 years ago (teacher and a medical researcher, respectively), they have spent the past decade in the record-tour-record state of eternal return, and they have been raising two children all the while. - Fictionist - Aaron Anderson, Robbie Connolly, Jacob Jones, Brandon Kitterman, Stuart Maxfield - From Provo, UT - "They're the MGMT update of Peter Gabriel: incandescent shadow-pop. "— Baeble Music // "Fictionist blends Passion Pit's ecstatic synth-pop with the moodiness of early Aughts pop-punk, and the result is something that will be stuck in your head for days."— CMJ.com |
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