Altsounds - Morning State¹s New Album Out Today, Releases Title Track, Plays NYC This Week

“Morning State’s ‘You Know People…’ is a rarity: an album that re-identifies itself to you with each listen.” – Metromix (4/5 Stars)
“Band to watch! … reminiscent of early (early) Radiohead and the Shins—you know, all that good ‘90s-sounding stuff.” – RCRD LBL

“…unpretentious, straight forward, hook laden rock.” – SPIN Magazine

“Despite hints of early '90s pop-punk, Morning State's sound is fresher and less urgent than its influences.” – Paste Magazine

“one of Atlanta's most promising young bands” – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Atlanta’s Morning State releases its much-anticipated full-length debut You Know People I Know People today. The album has been getting loads of attention and can be heard in full at AOL SPINNER.

The band launched a short tour with XYZ Affair and JukeBox the Ghost yesterday and will be playing Mercury Lounge in New York this Friday. The band will also be visiting Chicago with White Rabbits on 5/20, and has recently announced two sets at the Forecastle Festival in Louisville opening for Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s and Dr. Dog, the popular Athens, GA Athfest celebration with pals Dark Meat, and many more.

Morning State is also releasing the title track from You Know People I Know People today. Check out “You Know People I Know People” HERE. This is the third song released for free download from the album, following “Oh Yeah” and “Never So Strange”, both of which have gained big notice for the band. You can check those tracks out below.

Morning State also appears on the cover of Southeast Performer Magazine this month. Check out the story HERE. Metromix ran a fantastic review yesterday, available HERE. Wired Magazine also showed some love this week, which you can see HERE.

Morning State is celebrating the release of You Know People I Know People at home with two special release shows in Athens and Atlanta. The band’s Athens release show tonight is sold out, and the May 15th Atlanta release show with Athens’ Casper and the Cookies is a free event.

Backstory:
Morning State signed to a label last fall and recorded You Know People I Know People. The band then headed to the CMJ Music Marathon for several performances, including a VIP late night party with Pitchfork wunderband Black Kids, and Peter and Bjorn (of PB & J, of course!). Shortly after returning home, the band learned that its label had collapsed and was seeking money for the master rights to the recordings. With this, the band quickly terminated its ties with the label and decided to re-record the album with close friend Asa Leffer (The Whigs, Dark Meat, The Pendletons) at DARC in Athens, GA. The album was re-recorded in about 11 days.

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MP3s:
“You Know People, I Know People” (MP3)
“Oh Yeah” (http://indieoutlaw.com/mp3s/morningstate-ohyeah.mp3)
“Never So Strange” (MP3)
“Spectacular” (MP3)

Morning State On Tour:
05/06 Athens, GA Caledonia Lounge (CD Release Party)*
05/10 New York, NY Mercury Lounge*
05/15 Atlanta, GA Star Bar (Big Trouble In Little 5 / CD Release Party) w/ Casper and The Cookies
05/20 Chicago, IL Schuba’s (w. White Rabbits)
06/10 Nashville, TN The Basement
06/21 Athens, GA Athfest (w. Dark Meat, Dead Confederate, Elf Power, and more)
06/28 Atlanta, GA Cordog-o-Rama @ Lenny’s
0726 Louisville, KY Forecastle Festival (w. Dr. Dog, Snowden, more)
*w/ XYZ Affair and JukeBox the Ghost

Resources:
MySpace.com - Morning State - Atlanta - Rock - www.myspace.com/morningstate
Morning State: You Know People I Know People out May 3rd!!!
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