Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner of Mates of State are only in the beginning stages of prepping for their sixth LP, but fans of the husband-and-wife duo will have at least 10 carefully-chosen cover tunes to enjoy during the wait. Mates of State announced today that The Covers Mixtape, a 10-track album featuring ambitious versions of songs by the likes of Nick Cave, the Mars Volta, Daniel Johnston, Vashti Bunyan, Girls, Tom Waits, Death Cab For Cutie, and more, will hit shelves this summer.
In fact, it was this covers project that “jumpstart[ed] the creation of the next Mates of State record,” the band said in a press release (via CoS). “When we were finished, we couldn’t wait to write our own songs again…”
Check out the full tracklist, and stream/download their cover of Girls’ “Laura” below:
The Covers Mixtape
01 “Laura” (Girls)
02 “Son et Lumiere” (The Mars Volta)
03 “Sleep the Clock Around” (Belle & Sebastian)
04 “Technicolor Girls” (Death Cab for Cutie)
05 “Long Way Home” (Tom Waits)
06 “Love Letter” (Nick Cave)
07 “Second Hand News” (Fleetwood Mac)
08 “17 Pink Sugar Elephants” (Vashti Bunyan)
09 “Roller Coaster Ride” (Dear Nora)
10 “True Love Will Find You in the End” (Daniel Johnston)