01. Palomino
02. Maracas
03. Sway
04. Unless I'm Led
05. Total Serendipity
06. Basement Money
07. At Least I Have You
08. Desire
09. Changes
10. Mistakes
Mates of State touch on so much of what has been great in the last 50 years of pop music, all viewed through the Mates of State filter. Most of all, they have actually built their own sound. They sound like themselves. I hear palomino and it sounds like quintessential Mates of State. Sometimes I hear a new band and think 'What a Mates Of State rip-off!' They have been carving out their place in the indie rock world since the late 90s, as two people playing complex songs that sound like five people playing a simple song. That is what the great ones can do...www.music.is-amazing.com
1. Laura (Girls)2. Son et Lumiere (The Mars Volta)3. Sleep the Clock Around (Belle & Sebastian)4. Technicolor Girls (Death Cab for Cutie)5. Long Way Home (Tom Waits)6. Love Letter (Nick Cave)7. Second Hand News (Fleetwood Mac)8. 17 Pink Sugar Elephants (Vashti Bunyan)9. Roller Coaster Ride (Dear Nora)10. True Love Will Find You in the End (Daniel Johnston)Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) is the sixth full-length release by husband/wife duo Mates of State. It was released digitally via iTunes as well as from the band's website on June 15, 2010. As stated in the title, the album is the duo's first mixtape. On the band's website, they explained the reason for the mixtape's creation. "We've been talking about doing a covers record for a long time. We'd hear a great song at 2 AM while driving the straight line from one part of Texas to the next, and all we'd want to do is play that song as if we had written it." The album was recorded and produced by Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel, making it their first self-produced record to date. The album was mixed by Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Frightened Rabbit, Jónsi), a long time collaborator of the Mates of State...www.wikipedia.org
