MATES OF STATE SUMMER CRUSHES TOUR TO FEATURE FREE ENERGY, TODD BARRY, NICK THUNE, SUCKERS PLUS VARIETY & SIDESHOW ACTS

MATES OF STATE CRUSHES (THE COVERS MIXTAPE) OUT JUNE 15

PRE-ORDER AND AND FREE DOWNLOAD OF “TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END” LIVE NOW AT MATESOFSTATE.COM

LIMITED EDITION PHYSICAL EDITION AVAILABLE ONLY AT SUMMER CRUSHES TOUR DATES

Mates of State’s Crushes (The Covers Mixtape), currently available for pre-order at matesofstate.com for a more than reasonable $5, will be self-released on June 15 to all finer digital music retailers.

A limited edition physical CD version of Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) will be sold only at dates on the Summer Crushes tour.

Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) consists of versions of some of the Mates’ personal favorite songs by artists ranging from Daniel Johnston-whose “True Love Will Find You In The End” is now available as a free download at matesofstate.com (embed code at bottom of press release)– to Nick Cave, whose “Love Letter” is also interpreted visually in a video directed by Daniel Garcia, also up at matesofstate.com, to Girls, whose “Laura” is also available in its Mates incarnation as a free download at matesofstate.com

Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) is the first full album recorded and produced by Mates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner themselves, with a mixing assist from longtime collaborator Peter Katis (The National, Swell Season, Interpol, etc.).

Finally, Mates of State recently announced the lineup and itinerary of the Summer Crushes tour, a traveling spectacle to kick off on the record’s June 15 release date and run through July.  The Summer Crushes tour will see Mates of State supported on this one time only occasion by multimedia guests ranging from the unpretentious rock of Free Energy to the wit of comedians Todd Barry (Flight of the Conchords, Lucky Louie, Bored to Death) and Nick Thune (Comedy Central Presents, Knocked Up). The unique Summer Crushes roadshow will transform venues previously headlined by the Mates into theaters hosting virtual traveling variety shows featuring magicians, illusionists, Bubble Man, sideshow acts (Beds of Nails, Straitjacket escapists, sword swallowing, human blockheads), acts of gravity defiance, jugglers, and more. In addition, Mates’ own Jason Hammel will serve as the tour’s resident DJ.

For further information, see the itinerary below and/or contact Amy Grote at nasty little man t 212 343 0740 e amy@nastylittleman.com

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SUMMER CRUSHES TOUR

6/15 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse * #
6/16 Rochester, NY @ Water Street * #
6/17 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church % #
6/18 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s * #
6/19 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop * #
6/21 Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century * #
6/22 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall * #
6/23 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar *
6/24 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar *
6/25 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
6/26 Denver, CO @ Bluebird *
6/28 Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue *
6/30 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall * ^
7/1 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall * ^
7/2 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo * ^
7/3 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo * ^
7/4 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress *
7/6 Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s *
7/7 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre *
7/8 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live *
7/9 Baton Rouge @ Spanish Moon *
7/10 Birmingham @ Workplay *
7/12 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt * ^
7/13 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel * ^
7/14 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar  * ^
7/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall ^
7/16 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom ^
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* w/ Free Energy
# w/ Todd Barry
^ w/ Nick Thune
% w/ Suckers

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