Stalemate has been called many different things over their seven year history. "Prog-Pop".... "Power Pop". "Friend Rock" was a phrase that sprang up in early 2009, coined from a disparaging essay by Sufjan Stevens about a genre for microscopc bands whose only fans are the friends they guilt trip into coming to their shows. Orignally, the band wore this branding to focus on it's most salient feature: eclecticism.

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