mates of state.
We had a grand time opening for Mates of State last night, trio style. Hello to all the nice new people who signed our mailing list and introduced themselves after our set. MoS have recently started touring with a new configuration of Kori on piano instead of organ/synth and they’ve added a cellist, and bassist. The whole set was fantastic, but the last song sealed the deal for me… I forget the title, but it’s my favorite song of theirs and has the refrain “It’s all in your head.” Anyways, it was an impressive ending. The song grew and grew into that anthemed refrain. Kori is seven months pregnant and I wondered how it felt to sing and perform for her, but was too shy to ask. I also thought what a rock n’ roll baby they are going to have, surrounded by all those rhythms, instruments, and voices night after night.
Afterwards, we rushed over to a small living room with 12 friends and watched the first game of the World series. We couldn’t help but feel bad for the Rockies since they were trounced so badly and made to wear such unattractive sleeve-less uniforms.
We’re looking forward to next week’s little run of shows in Vienna, Charlottesville, NYC, and Boston. Please tell your friends and we hope to see you out there…
