Biography

Kori Gardner (keyboard/vocals) and Jason Hammel (drums/vocals) formed Mates of State in 1997, rooting their sound in minimalist pop with dual vocal harmonies. Omnibus Records released Mates of State's first EP as a split with Fighter D in 1999. The duo's second EP, It's the Law/Invitation Inn, and a debut album, My Solo Project, followed in 2000. Hammel and Gardner married the next year and inked a deal with Polyvinyl, where they released Our Constant Concern (2002), Team Boo (2003), and the All Day EP (2004). After heading to Barsuk, they released Bring It Back (2006) and Re-Arrange Us (2008). Crushes: The Covers Mixtape arrived two years later, with Mountaintops released in 2011. ~ Mike DaRonco

Top Tracks

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• At Least I Have You

• Get Better

• Girls Singing

• Goods (all In Your Head)

• Gotta Get A Problem

• Halves And Have-nots

• Hoarding It For Home

• Jigsaw

• Maracas

• Open Book

• Palomino

• Punchlines

• Running Out

• Starman

• Tan/black

• Think Long

• Throw Down

• Total Serendipity

• What I Could Stand For

• Whiner's Bio

• You Are Free

Discography

• Click on the album to launch in Spotify

• Mountaintops

  Barsuk

  2011

• Re-Arrange Us

  Barsuk

  2008

• Bring It Back

  Barsuk

  2006

• Team Boo

  Polyvinyl

  2003

• Our Constant Concern

  Polyvinyl

  2002

• My Solo Project

  Omnibus Records

  2000