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.
Season Song
Blue States Lyrics
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And now our season is here
All the balances are clear
Now that our time is here
In a perfect present tense
Through our wide, rose tinted lens
When the words have all been spent
Through the window, see the place
Like a fond and sweet embrace
For a moment face to face
In the sweetest embrace
The unfolding of the year
And now our season is here
All the balances are clear
Now that our time is here
Now that our time is here
The lyrics to Blue States's "Season Song" depict the passing of time and the arrival of a new season. The first verse refers to the "unfolding of the year" and how the current season has finally arrived. The second verse speaks to the fleeting nature of time and how we must cherish the moments we have. The third verse uses a metaphor of looking through a window to describe the feeling of being embraced by the present moment.
The songwriter seems to be reflecting on the passage of time and the beauty of each season, while also acknowledging the importance of being present in the moment. The instrumental elements of the song are dreamy and ethereal, which further add to the introspective mood of the lyrics.
Line by Line Meaning
The unfolding of the year
The passing of time and change of seasons
And now our season is here
Our time to experience this particular season is now
All the balances are clear
The natural balance of the season is apparent
Now that our time is here
Now is the time to revel in the current season
In a perfect present tense
Living in the moment without dwelling on the past or future
Through our wide, rose tinted lens
Viewing our surroundings in an optimistic and hopeful manner
When the words have all been spent
After everything has been said and done
Will we still have meant them?
Will our words and actions still hold true?
Through the window, see the place
Looking out the window to view the surroundings
Like a fond and sweet embrace
Being greeted by a warm and familiar atmosphere
For a moment face to face
A brief but meaningful encounter
In the sweetest embrace
In a warm and loving embrace
Now that our time is here
Again emphasizing the importance of living in the present moment
Lyrics © Aporia Records Inc., BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDREW DRAGAZIS, TAHITA ROTARDIER BULMER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@libie5713
The unfolding of the year
And now our season is here
All the balances are clear
Now that our time is here
In our perfect present tense
Through our wide rose tinted lens
When the words have all been spent
Will we still have learned it?
Through your window see the place
Like a fond and sweet embrace
For a moment face to face
In the sweetest embrace
Now that our time is here
@65kasara
> Be me
> Be unisg
> be forced to run through half of the zone where everyone wants to kill you
>waste your bulets on the military, be left with 1 pistol mag an 1 grenade
> encounter a chimera in the vehicle cemetary
> barely kill it
> avoid duty, stalkers and freedom at the military base
> finally arrive to the dead city for your info
> simply rest for the next couple of hours (ingame) vibing to this song
> such is life in the zone
@fromredmond
Вот проходит этот год
Скоро наш сезон придет
Все итоги подведем
Славно время проведем
Завершен текущий год
В свете розовом уйдет
Слов потратили мы впрок
Был ли выучен урок?
Что-то видно из окна
Ночь в обьятиях нежна
Мы лицом к лицу стоим
И от нежности дрожим
Наш сезон, так славно с ним
@meljoseph9342
28 days got me here after watching it for god knows how many times,it’s one of the best horror movies ever made.
@philippec46
one of??? what's above it? maybe Hitchcock even him idk
@montysmith6355
just finished watching the movie 28 days later and found all the tunes on line
@tamponbluter
Came here because of S.T.A.L.K.E.R
@StrawHat-xt5hq
Same!
@AlexRodriguez-ip1xz
its the best horror movie i have ever seen
@jonaydrivero3889
I'm going to cry... years and years looking for this song. so happy right now. Regards from Argentina to all people who still listening this song in April 2017... 😎
@deadheath
Jonayd Rivero I found this song literally right after I saw 28 Days Later in the theater. Still in my rotation!
@aldairlozano537
Jonayd Rivero
cuando tenía 5 años (2001) vi junto con mi hermana una película francesa (Amelie), yo no tenía idea de que rayos trataba, pero la música amigo, la orquesta, por Dios, que niño se va a estar fijando en ese detalle, básicamente ese soundtrack marcó mi infancia y fue hasta 2011 que en una fiesta empezó a sonar una melodía de esa película y fue un flashback tremendo, y decidí buscar ese soundtrack, básicamente fueron 10 años para volver a escuchar tan monstruosas sinfonías.
Saludos desde México amigo ☺
@demartin975
Don’t cry. You’re....um...nice to look at. 👀