Everything's gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better.
I often think about that line and repeat in my head when the days aren't so sunny.
Sometimes I am simply in a
Mates of State mood. I don't know what spawns it on, but I do know that there's something magical about the 2-piece husband/wife team of Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel. They have been together since 1997, but it's in the last 5 years that they have become quite amazing. The two original LP's released since 2006 that I play on the regular,
Bring It Back and
Re-Arrange Us (if you like what you hear below, I highly recommend buying an entire LP), are lush with upbeat, introspective pop, and definitely for fans of Rilo Kiley, Stars, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Ra Ra Riot, and Shout Out Louds.
Below are my four favorite tracks, including one from the 2004 EP All Day, Goods (All In Your Head). Enjoy the heavenly indie-pop, melodically solid, perfectly disjointed, and wonderfully essential Mates of State.
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