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Exclusive Album Stream: Mates of State's Richly Harmonic 'Mountaintops'

Listen to the latest album from the indie-pop veterans

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September 6, 2011 1:00 PM ET
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Click to listen to the Mates of State's album 'Mountaintops'

Husband-and-wife duo Mates of State are indie-pop veterans with a deep catalog of sophisticated, harmony-rich tunes. Mountaintops (Barsuk), the band's seventh full-length album, finds them going further than ever with electronic textures without sacrificing the warmth and classic melodicism of their earlier work. Mountaintops will hit stores on September 13th, but you can preview it in full now.

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