The State Department is rock n’ roll.  I have seen them play twice at a couple of DC house shows and the band was catchy, bombastic, and drunk as hell.  Check out the song “Engender Me”.  It sounds like what would happen if James Brown, David Byrne, and Tom Verlaine (Television) all had a love child.  That soulful punk bastard would be The State Department.  Mothers… guard your children.

Attn DC: Check out The State Department on August 13th at Rock n’ Roll Hotel.

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Artist: The State Department
Song: Engender Me.mp3