Pitchfork

Mates of State will get another album's worth of mileage out of the age-old tension between boys and girls with the Barsuk release of Re-Arrange Us. The follow-up to 2006's Bring It Back is Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel's fifth full-length, and it comes out on May 20 with "reversible and multi-layered" cover art that re-arranges (get it?) into a total of eight different combinations.

The Mates will announce a full-blown tour soon, but for now, we've got three shows to look forward to: two in May, and one in August.

Re-Arrange Us:

01 Get Better
02 Now
03 My Only Offer
04 The Re-Arranger
05 Jigsaw
06 Blue and Gold Print
07 Help Help
08 You Are Free
09 Great Dane
10 Lullaby Haze

States:

05-25 George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch Festival)
05-28 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
08-08-10 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)