News: Mates Of State - Mates Of State Prep Fifth Album, Tour
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Eclectic pop duo Mates Of State will return May 20 with ?Re-Arrange Us,? the group?s fifth album since 2000 and second for Barsuk. Fans will notice that the 10-song set drifts away from the organ-heavy arrangements of the band's past in favor of piano, a decision that vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Jason Hammel describes as making the group nervous, but a needed change. ?One of the biggest concerns [was] that there?s no abrasiveness,? Hammel tells Billboard.com. ?We didn?t want to be construed as going soft.? To avoid that, the duo hired three different producers: Death Cab For Cutie?s Chris Walla, Spoon drummer Jim Eno and Peter...
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