Blue States is an electronic/dream pop band headed up by Andy Dragazis. The… Read Full Bio ↴Blue States is an electronic/dream pop band headed up by Andy Dragazis. The band has been active since 1997 and is still producing music out of Sussex, England as of 2005. A track from their 2002 album Man Mountain, "Season Song", appeared on the soundtrack to the British horror film, "28 Days Later".

1998 Inspired by Aphrodite’s Child and David Axelrod, 22 year old, half-Greek man mountain Andy Dragazis aka Blue States records demos on his home studio set up in a barn on the Sussex Downs in England. Sends demos to fledgling label Memphis Industries who like them very much and get in touch.

1999 First release for both Blue States and Memphis is the “Blue States Forever” EP. Further EPs follow – Your Girl and Walkabout. Blue States find themselves in some weird downtempo twilight zone inhabited by Zero 7, Bent, Lemon Jelly and many more.

2000 Blue States release their first album Nothing Changes Under the Sun, an expansive, windswept, epic stand out tracks include Your Girl and Stereo 99. It’s critically acclaimed and starts to sell surprisingly well.

2001 Blue States are naturally asked to perform at the Big Chill Festival in Somerset, England and Andy hastily puts a band together including Sam Walker (drums), Chris Carr (guitar), Dicken White (guitar) and Karl the Jackal (bass) – Andy takes up keyboard duties. This ramshackle unit starts touring round the UK. The album is licensed to the Thievery Corporation’s record label ESL Music and gets a US release. Lady singer Ty Bulmer joins the band to add some sass and vocals.

2002 Andy begins work on second album Man Mountain with Ty plus a gaggle of other local musicians – there’s a brass section, a string quartet, congas, live drums, Theremins and more. The result is a rich, melodramatic brew and the album is licensed to XL Recordings for the world, save the US were it stays on ESL. The band head to the US to tour, with Jon Chandler joining on drums, and perform at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake and SXSW. Season Song, one of the albums stand out tracks is used as the lead track on the movie 28 Days Later.

2003 Ty leaves Blue States to start her own band, New Young Pony Club. Andy regroups, reappraises and decides he wants to be in a proper indie rock guitar band, the downtempo tag having becoming pretty tiresome. He coalesces around Jon Chandler and Chris Carr, with Chris taking up vocal duties. The new three piece start recording next album The Soundings. Its Blue States’ best album yet with nods to My Bloody Valentine and Ride, the sound of Andy, Jon and Chris’s early tennagedom.

2004 Memphis release The Soundings and the band tour UK and the Scandinavia with label mates The Go! Team. Fractures appear in the triumvirate and the three piece splinters after a bun fight at Reading Festival.

2005 With Blue States seemingly in ashes Andy builds his own studio in a space in Whitechapel in London with the intention of producing other bands. He starts recording Memphis’ eccentric axe god Toby Jenkins a.k.a. The Squire of Somerton and his mates’ The Eighteenth Day of May debut album for Ryko Disc.

2006 Andy gets the all singing all dancing The Pipettes gig and co-produces their debut album with Gareth Parton – Andy contributes all of the string arrangements to the record – its his strings that open stand out track Pull Shapes. Inspired by his time writing and recording with The Pipettes Andy decides to give Blue States another crack but this time on his own. He also starts playing live with the Squire of Somerton’s new band, glam/prog outfit Zan Pan.

2007 Andy completes fourth Blue States’ album First Steps Into... which includes vocal samples from an old ex girlfriend’s Serena and Andy himself. It’s a monumental, prog flavoured, filmic and highly melodic monster that outstrips anything that he has done before. Memphis Industries are all set and proud to release in 2007.

Adrift
Blue States Lyrics

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11th Dimension Remember the time when you held your head up high And…
A Greater Danger Feels like I'm lost not to be found Strings on my heart They…
Against The Inspiration I feel that the faster everything vanishes around me The fir…
Air Formation If only I'd have waited to say those words Can't escape…
Akai I've lost all faith in your once friendly smile now that…
Alda Though I dissolve I am not afraid For from whence we came We…
Andy Kay You feel lost Time is passing by and you feel like…
Barenaked Ladies Ever since we said our good-byes The onion rings, the phone…
Ben & Alfie You feel your walls come crashing down, no one around,…

Cranes We're like a boat drifting In a lonely sea And the stars…
Cult of Luna In his arms, locked in that iron grip nothing will…
D.C.D It is dead in that sound Listing emptily The voyage no longe…
Digital Ruin I've always been one to follow through With all the things…
Echobrain For too long I struggle Strive for nothing cold earth I…
End Bring me the light Gotta get going Gotta get moving The dar…
Enshine Haze Just the hollow Of a lonely dawn Left with the horizon …
Foreign Waves Feel the light now take flight…
Forgotten Tomb Waging the war of nerves again The silence of the ones…
G. Strizzolo Your soul is adrift Softly floating out along the sea…
George Barbera A breeze gets lost across the sea Moonlight's gliding on thi…
Heather Dale "Lover, dear lover, I've had a fell dream, My mother's adri…
Hickory Bleed me out Check my humors Close your mouth Your tongue is…
Hollow Coves Lately, I've been contemplating all that's in my head Trying…
I Create Wait, this is wrong. No, this is not fucking right. There…
I the Mighty It's such a gift and a curse, how small we've…
Ilse DeLange We fall into the ocean We're breathin' under water Don't k…
J!MMY There are flowers In my heart But you tore it…
Jack Johnson Your voice is adrift I can't expect it to sing…
Jesse Marchant Tied to what is late, ain't you now Adrift, I know…
Junction 18 out my window it rains it cleanses through you upon you th…
Lethargy of Death Tides of sorrow Damn burden I know the poison And the bitter…
Lil You make me feel adrift in my own body It's pretty…
Limited Time Empty lost inside Fallen kingdom a mile wide Awoken feelings…
Lunatic Soul I know we're passing by See the shadows of our own Apart…
Matt Stewart-Evans I hear people saying One more day you'll break him It's comi…
Mind Piece Tell me things will be better while you smile And…
Mira I'm drifting and I cannot see what has come over…
Morosity Drifting out to open water No sail, just wind and waves…
Neras Burnt out and dreamless Alone and unkempt Entombed in bloodl…
O.utlier It is dead in that sound Listing emptily The voyage no longe…
Oxiplegatz Dying I fly The moment of death still in my eye My…
Papercut feat. Kristin Mainhart How long with this storm This long and lonely road With no…
Reffer His boat slides over the sea Like sharp razor Adrift, aiml…
Revile I'm reading the stars through the ceiling, From the ocean f…
S.P.Y The camera pans the cocktail glass, Behind a blind of plast…
Shalee You feel your walls come crashing down No one around you're …
Simon Imrei Don't throw it all in, and leave yourself open I say…
Soul Gutter In your name I have gone this far A witness, a…
Soulspell [Judith - Daisa] Something is different But I didn't know …
Stauros You may arrange as you prefer Ideas that start from shortcut…
The Crüxshadows I lost sight of the raging waters Below the surface where…
The Watsons It's so quiet here Here at the end Lost in the infinite Drif…
Thee-O & Erin Powers It is dead in that sound Listing emptily The voyage no longe…
Tycho (instrumental)…
Vök Find yourself in a strangest place Don't know where you were…
Wave Goodbye I've taken these steps, but I don't know if it's…
Wino The dream belief with a black turning sea Where the sun…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Blue States:

10-sad song Seems so heavy though You shouldn't let it go If only…
100's & 1000's Oh, I'm searching Oh, I'm searching [?] [?] [?] Sarah J…
Across the Wire Well it was a mazy run but for now just…
Allies These cities build up Leaving me high I'm watching it now …
Cable Ties Cable ties All that binds To this world Decay too soon Drea…
Diamante Menina levada, Intensa, malvada Tão nova, Mas sabe o que que…
Final Flight No no no no no When will it fall? When…
For a Lifetime So you're alive now aim a bit higher Put the stars…
Only Today Bagaimanapun juga ku ingin Ke laut di musim dingin Turun dar…
Sad Song Seems so heavy though You shouldn't let it go If only…
Season Song The unfolding of the year And now our season is here All…
Ten Shades A promise of love or the spell you were under Get…
The Last Blast "Order wings for the week of all designs - sign…

Your Girl If you want me for your girl All you have to…

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