来自美国康涅狄格州的Mates Of State独立摇滚乐队由Kori Gardner（键盘/演唱/吉他） & Jason Hammel（鼓手/演唱/吉他）组成，成立于1997年，几个月后，他们搬到加利福尼亚州的旧金山。
2001年的某一天他们各自辞去教师和癌症研究的职位，全身心投入音乐创作，并与当年完婚，此后开始了全球巡演。两人因为音乐走到一起用爱共同谱写着音乐世界里的新生活，由妻子负责声音打鼓和演唱，丈夫进行词曲创作。吵杂却不刺耳，清亮却不清新是他们的特色。他们的足迹遍布美国，欧洲和日本…;…;此后，继续着他们爱的旅程…;…;
Kori Gardner (keyboard/vocals) and Jason Hammel (drums/vocals) were both playing guitar and singing in the Kansas music metropolis of Lawrence before forming the Mates of State in 1997. With their dual vocal harmonies and minimal pop appeal, Omnibus Records released Mates of State's first EP as a split with Fighter D in 1999. Upon a relocation to San Francisco, the duo's second EP, It's the Law/Invitation Inn, and a debut studio effort, My Solo Project, followed in 2000. Tours of the Midwest followed into the next year and creative ideas continued to swirl. Hammel and Gardner, who were married in early 2001, inked themselves a deal with Polyvinyl prior to recording a follow-up. Summer days were spent playing shows with Superdrag, the Anniversary, and Beulah while writing songs on the road. Those sessions lead to the second album, Our Constant Concern, in 2002. The next spring Polyvinyl reissued their debut album, My Solo Project, and later on the full-length Team Boo. After their contract was up with Polyvinyl (ending with the 2004 EP All Day), Mates of State decided to head over to Barsuk, the label that released Bring It Back in 2006 and Re-Arrange Us in 2008.
2001年的某一天他们各自辞去教师和癌症研究的职位，全身心投入音乐创作，并与当年完婚，此后开始了全球巡演。两人因为音乐走到一起用爱共同谱写着音乐世界里的新生活，由妻子负责声音打鼓和演唱，丈夫进行词曲创作。吵杂却不刺耳，清亮却不清新是他们的特色。他们的足迹遍布美国，欧洲和日本…;…;此后，继续着他们爱的旅程…;…;
Kori Gardner (keyboard/vocals) and Jason Hammel (drums/vocals) were both playing guitar and singing in the Kansas music metropolis of Lawrence before forming the Mates of State in 1997. With their dual vocal harmonies and minimal pop appeal, Omnibus Records released Mates of State's first EP as a split with Fighter D in 1999. Upon a relocation to San Francisco, the duo's second EP, It's the Law/Invitation Inn, and a debut studio effort, My Solo Project, followed in 2000. Tours of the Midwest followed into the next year and creative ideas continued to swirl. Hammel and Gardner, who were married in early 2001, inked themselves a deal with Polyvinyl prior to recording a follow-up. Summer days were spent playing shows with Superdrag, the Anniversary, and Beulah while writing songs on the road. Those sessions lead to the second album, Our Constant Concern, in 2002. The next spring Polyvinyl reissued their debut album, My Solo Project, and later on the full-length Team Boo. After their contract was up with Polyvinyl (ending with the 2004 EP All Day), Mates of State decided to head over to Barsuk, the label that released Bring It Back in 2006 and Re-Arrange Us in 2008.
