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If you are looking for straight-ahead, unadulterated pop music in which the lyrics deftly dissect relationships with heavenly harmonies, look no further than Mates of State.\u00a0 They have set that sub-genre’s standards extremely high, particularly with their last two records, “Bring it Back” and “Re-Arrange Us.”\u00a0 This married duo (originally hailing from and hailed on in Lawrence, Kansas before relocating to San Francisco) is hyper-melodic, inventive and the perfect accompaniment to the breakup or breakdown of relationships.<\/p>\n
They have just jumped on the covers bandwagon by recently releasing a new record entitled, “Crushes: The Covers Mix-Tape.”\u00a0\u00a0 They cover everyone from Tom Waits to Nick Cave to Death Cab to Belle & Sebastian to Mars Volta.\u00a0 But perhaps the best song of the new record is the great Girls’ Laura. <\/em>Check it out and then check out a couple of our favorites from their earlier records.<\/p>\n Mates of State–Laura<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-Laura.mp3|titles=01 Laura]\n My Only Offer <\/em>illumines couples and the ease with which they can drift apart.\u00a0 We like the following counterpoint stanzas:<\/p>\n “Bought a home we bartered right. Can’t make it home tonight. Oh, oh, oh is my only offer. Mates of State–My Only Offer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/03-My-Only-Offer.mp3|titles=03 My Only Offer]\n We love Running Out <\/em>and its throw-it-all-away atmospherics, not to mention the heights of the chorus.<\/p>\n Mates of State–Running Out And the lyrics of Think Long<\/em> are worth reading in whole:<\/p>\n “On our picture shelves. Think long, people.\u00a0 No sudden moves.<\/p>\n Mates of State–Think Long<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/01-Think-Long.mp3|titles=01 Think Long]\n And finally, for you parents out there, check out Nature and the Wreck <\/em> in which Kori sings over delicate piano about the couple’s baby and the aftermath of a car wreck the family survived together.<\/p>\n Mates of State–Nature and the Wreck<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/07-Nature-The-Wreck.mp3|titles=07 Nature & The Wreck]\n If you are looking for straight-ahead, unadulterated pop music in which the lyrics deftly dissect relationships with heavenly harmonies, look no further than Mates of State.\u00a0 They have set that sub-genre’s standards extremely high, particularly with their last two records, “Bring it Back” and “Re-Arrange Us.”\u00a0 This married duo (originally hailing from and hailed on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nTwo kids, two car delight.
\nPosed pictures on the walls.
\nSmall talk in the bedroom halls.<\/p>\n
\nGo to sleep but leave the light.
\nI pretend to make a call.
\nLoose talk into bedroom stalls.<\/p>\n
\nStifle copies of myself.
\nOh, oh, oh, or someone else.”<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[audio:https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/10-Running-Out.mp3|titles=10 Running Out]\n
\n(Get on, or get out).
\nStatues mocking me.
\nHow am I supposed to feel?
\nHow am I not put at ease?
\nTalk yourself to sleep.
\nFall into it deep.
\nI will wash off mine with rolling waves of worry.
\nIt doesn’t have to feel so wrong.
\nBethany you’re riding this one to its grave (the gates).
\nYou never understood the difference between someone’s beating and refusal to trade.
\nBless these tangled veins.
\n(Get on, or get out).
\nNone of which will grow the same.
\nNow am I supposed to fake it?
\nNow are you so poised, at ease?
\nThink long, think, think long, think think.
\nCan you feel it surround me?
\nI think it’ll drown me.
\nAnd I wonder how you could say that we (you) really owe (us) anything.
\nThink long, think, think long, think think.”<\/p>\n
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