Connecticut-based indie-pop duo Mates of State have announced a second leg of tour dates in the U.S., beginning October 26th in Birmingham, AL. Starting on September 21st, the band will tour the East Coast, kicking off at D.C.’s 9:30 Club and wrap up their trek after stopping in the South and ending in the Midwest on November 21st, where they will play Cleveland’s Beachland Ballroom just in time for Thanksgiving. Along the way, the band will be performing in such historic venues as New York City’s Webster Hall and Los Angeles’ Music Box. Suckers, Yawn, Other Lives, and Generationals will all share in support along the tour. For a full list of tour dates and accompanying support, please see below.
The tour is in support of the band’s forthcoming record, Mountaintops, which will be released on September 13th via Barsuk Records. Mountaintops is the band’s full-length follow up to 2008’s critically acclaimed Re-Arrange Us. The self-produced album was written and recorded over the last year and a half in 6 different studios with multiple different engineers. For complete track listing, see below.
Mates of State U.S. Tour Dates
9/21 – Washington DC @930 Club *#
9/22 – Cincinnati, OH – Mid Point Music Festival
9/23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls *#
9/24 – Philadelphia, PA – Popped Festival
9/26 – Boston, MA – Royale *#
9/27 – Montreal – Il Motore *#
9/28 – Toronto – Phoenix Concert Theatre *#
9/29 – Detroit – St. Andrews *#
9/30 – Chicago – Metro *#
10/1 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall %#
10/3 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel %#
10/4 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In %#
10/5 – Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre %#
10/6 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn %#
10/7 – Orlando, FL – The Social %#
10/8 – Sunrise, FL – Langerado Festival
10/10 – Richmond, VA – Canal Club %#
10/11 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar #%
10/12 – New York, NY – Webster Hall %
10/26 – Birmingham, AL – WorkPlay Theatre $
10/27 – Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder $
10/30 – Little Rock, AR – Revolution Music Room $
10/31 – St. Louis, MO – The Firebird $
11/01 – Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom $
11/02 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater $
11/04 – Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s $
11/07 – Tucson, AZ – Plush $
11/08 – Los Angeles, CA – The Music Box $
11/12 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge $
11/13 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater $
11/15 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar $
11/16 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room $
11/18 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Café $
11/19 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom $
11/21 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom $
* w/ Suckers
# w/ Yawn
% w/ Other Lives
$ w/ Generationals
Mountaintops track list:
1. Palomino
2. Maracas
3. Sway
4. Unless I’m Led
5. Total Serendipity
6. Basement Money
7. At Least I Have You
8. Desire
9. Change
10. Mistakes
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