Post by The Curmudgeon on Nov 3, 2015 12:16:27 GMT 2
I know, I know. It's about two weeks late. No h8 m8.
Funny thing is, even though it's late I'm not even going to plan, moving out what should have been here for something else that I think needs examined first.
This is about the eighth time I've mentioned this band here in the last few weeks after finally seeing them live, and you might think I'm chasing easy "likes" like some Facebook "like if U Luv your kids!" Thread because Trashy already said he "loves" Mates of State.
But no, because lots of other people who like the band actually hate this song. I watched the video and saw a sea of negative comments, that they'd lost their edge, that they had changed their sound to appeal to radio, and this was on their Facebook page too..so this isn't as easy a week as you'd think.
So Mates of State released a five track EP, the purpose being there was no "filler." A viewpoint I've always hated (there's only "filler" in albums if you put it there), but anyways - five BIG songs that could be hit singles if a band like this ever had a chance of having hit singles in the first place. And it's a superb EP, one that you're always sorry when it ends.
When I saw them live they introduced this song as their "X Factor audition", and even did dance moves and shit. They know what this is, a big, loud, infectious pop song that if Bieber or Taylor Swift or whoever recorded would be number one for six months.
Enough talk, here's the song; "Staring Contest", and those two little girls are actually their kids. It's a Sly Stone Family Affair.
youtu.be/EUf4G-9x-RM
Funny thing is, even though it's late I'm not even going to plan, moving out what should have been here for something else that I think needs examined first.
This is about the eighth time I've mentioned this band here in the last few weeks after finally seeing them live, and you might think I'm chasing easy "likes" like some Facebook "like if U Luv your kids!" Thread because Trashy already said he "loves" Mates of State.
But no, because lots of other people who like the band actually hate this song. I watched the video and saw a sea of negative comments, that they'd lost their edge, that they had changed their sound to appeal to radio, and this was on their Facebook page too..so this isn't as easy a week as you'd think.
So Mates of State released a five track EP, the purpose being there was no "filler." A viewpoint I've always hated (there's only "filler" in albums if you put it there), but anyways - five BIG songs that could be hit singles if a band like this ever had a chance of having hit singles in the first place. And it's a superb EP, one that you're always sorry when it ends.
When I saw them live they introduced this song as their "X Factor audition", and even did dance moves and shit. They know what this is, a big, loud, infectious pop song that if Bieber or Taylor Swift or whoever recorded would be number one for six months.
Enough talk, here's the song; "Staring Contest", and those two little girls are actually their kids. It's a Sly Stone Family Affair.
youtu.be/EUf4G-9x-RM
