Mates of State - Bring It Back
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Artist: Mates of StateEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-03-21
Music Label: Barsuk
Soundtracks:
- Think Long
- Fraud In The 80's
- Like U Crazy
- Beautiful Dreamer
- What It Means
- For The Actor
- Nature & The Wreck
- So Many Ways
- Punchlines
- Running Out
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Free Music Review: Pure joy...
Hit: 5 Stars
...is what I felt when first listening to this album. I had been vaguely familiar with Mates of State for the last few years, but their last couple of albums seemed a bit too giddy/sugary sweet for me. Additionally, I honestly do not enjoy vocalists who shout/sing almost entirely in a higher register (as these two do).
This being said, I recently heard both of the singles off of 'Bring it Back' and knew that I had to have the album. I was correct in making this assumption. The album is toned down a couple notches from what I've heard of the duo's previous work. There are lush, bouncy pop songs mixed in with some sweet (but not excessively so) mid-tempo ballads. The singing is also somewhat restrained. This allows for some lovely harmonizing.
As others have said, this is most likely the perfect introduction for folks new to the band's music. I still don't know if I am going to run out and buy their earlier work, but I cannot wait for their next album, which will be released shortly!
Anyway, I'm not typically a fan of pure pop music. This, however, is as good as it gets.
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Mates of State's unique, often complex, and always catchy pop gems defy genre boundaries. This husband/wife duo has released three previous full-lengths as well as numerous singles and EPs. Though a duo, they never fail to generate an abundance of melody and harmony via monster, bass-heavy organ, creative drumming, and alternately lushly layered and playfully dueling vocals. "Bring It Back" is Mates Of State at their complex yet lighthearted best: impeccably layered music that rewards attention, analysis, and repeated listens, but that's also instantly enchanting, drawing you in at once with hook upon incredible hook.There are songs designed for listening, for dancing, and for singing in the shower--Bring It Back hits all the bases. For their Barsuk Records debut, husband and wife duo Kori (vocals, organ) and Jason (vocals, drums) kick up more of an exuberant ruckus than ever before. They may be a twosome, but over a dozen musicians guest on their fuller-sounding fourth album, including infant daughter Magnolia (kazoo and "singing," i.e. cooing). Nicknamed "Bubs," she's also name-checked on "Like You Crazy" ("Bubs noticing bees in the air"). While the Gardner-Hammels aren't exactly competing with the sprawling Polyphonic Spree for "big band" supremacy, they do employ a choir on "Running Out," while additional instruments include bass ("Beautiful Dreamer"), trumpet ("For the Actor"), guitar ("Punchlines"), and viola ("Nature and the Wreck"). The centerpiece of their high-spirited sound, however, remains their irresistible hooks and exquisite harmonies, put to best effect on the stuttering "Fraud in the '80s" and bouncy "Beautiful Dreamer." Sometimes Kori takes the lead ("Running Out"), sometimes Jason ("What It Means"), but their voices are so tuned into each other that it's hard to pick a favorite (unlike most dual-vocalist bands where one inevitably outshines the other). Like the Beach Boys and the Turtles at their most euphoric, Bring It Back bursts with all the joy and vigor listeners have come to expect--and more of it. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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