Hello there, its been a while i know! I'm in the middle of recording a new Blue States album, should be done in a couple of months. Sorry that this site has been neglected but a new one will be constructed soon. In the meantime you can go to www.myspace.com/bluestates until the site has been overhalued. I'll also put up some new tracks to people to listen to on myspace soon. The new album is slowly taking shape so as soon as i have some more news i'll let you know. Cheers, Andy.
Blue States are coming to a town near you soon....Details below of October and November gigs starting next Thursday, 7th @The Spitz, London. Its a Memphis Industries night with label mates The Go Team. It's all part of the Vapour Festival and details can be found from their website here. See below for the full list of upcoming dates, see you there....
7th October - The Spitz, London w/The Go! Team and The New Tellers
14th October - Oslo, Garage w/The Go! Team
15th October - Stockholm, Debaser w/The Go! Team
16th October - Malmo, KB w/The Go! Team
20th October - Night and Day, Manchester w/Grand National
21st October - King Tuts, Glasgow w/Grand National
23rd October - Social, Nottingham w/Grand National
27th October - Josephs Well, Leeds w/Grand National
28th October - Garage, London w/Grand National
29th October - Louisianna, Bristol, w/Grand National
30th October - Barfly, Cardiff w/Grand National
10th November - 93ft East, London w/Brave Captain, Piney Gir
11th November - Cavern Club, Exeter w/Brave Captain, Piney Gir
12th November - Social, Nottingham w/Brave Captain, Piney Gir
14th November - Sumo, Braunstone Gate, Leicester w/Brave Captain, Piney Gir
17th November - Wheatsheaf, Oxford w/Brave Captain, Piney Gir
18th November - Barfly, Liverpool w/Brave Captain, Piney Gir
Blue States are playing at Summer Sundae Weekender, De Montfort Hall Leicester, this Sunday 15th August. You can catch them on the indoor stage at about 6:00. They then return to London to play a date @The Barfly in Camden on Thurs 19th August. For more details and ticket sales click this link. You can also catch them at Reading and Leeds Festival on Friday and Saturday on the dance stage. More dates for September and October will be announce soon as well as a release date for the next single, 'The Last Blast'.
Blue States are playing a warm-up gig for Glastonbury this Friday 25th June in London. It takes place at The Water Rats, 328 Grays Inn Rd, Kings Cross and is £6 on the door. It's a chance to see the boys playing tracks from 'The Soundings' before they head off to Glastonbury. Make note its an earlier gig so they'll be on around 8:30, so you might have to miss a bit of Greece vs France.
Anyone going to Glasto can catch Blue States playing on Sunday 27th at 2:00pm on the lovely Avalon Stage. They'll also be DJing in the Guardian tent at 5pm that afternoon.
Blue States new album 'The Soundings' is released today. It's a 10 track affair which introduces Chris Carr on vocal duty and Jon Chandler on drums, alongside Andy Dragazis. Its out on CD and LP, full details below.
The Soundings - Memphis Industries MI038CD/MI038LP
1. Across the Wire
2. For a Lifetime
3. Ten Shades
4. One Night on Tulane
5. The Last Blast
6. Output
7. Final Flight
8. Alright Today
9. Leaning In
10. Sad Song
You can buy online at Amazon, our friends at Memphis, or for all you ipod freaks itunes. Some quotes for you if you like that kind of thing.
The London Times: "Blue States have turned their abstract musical visions into more accessible pop while retaining the cinematic feel of their earlier work. There is symphonic majesty, sad drifting beauty, lyrical thought and melodic poise".
DJ: "The Soundings retains the filmic moods and sadscapes Blue States is known for but they have tempered their sound with rock riffs and sonorous production. Yet another winner".
Jockey Slut:
""The Soundings" manages to slip anchor from the downtempo doldrums where so many have been stranded. They still make grand gestures such as the orchestra that closes Sad Song but its also a more bare boned sound with the pocket symphonies of the first two albums replaced by simpler song structures and Chris Carr's yearning voice. The lyrics venture in to darker waters than previously but Blue Sates still fill their sales with powerful sonic wind."
The Guardian "Out go Air-like pastoral soundscapes, in come tugging bass lines and urban angst. Opener Across the Wire is superb, vocalist Chris Carr pitching his "under the grey skies" cry against mountain sized melancholia. One Night on Tulane's stella brew of flugal horns and Japanese textures would have graced any late 80s Cure album while The Last Blast chugs wonderfully in the manner of German band Neu!".
Also you can catch Blue States playing their first live gig at Glastonbury Festival on Sunday 26th June on the Avalon stage. Sorry about the Shoreditch festival gig, it was postponed. A London date to replace it will be announced soon. Enjoy the album..........
Yes the new single 'Across the Wire' is released today, 31st May. It's the first track to be taken from the new album 'The Soundings' which is out June 14th. It's released on CD only and features two new b-sides, details below.
Across the Wire - MI037CDS
1. Across the Wire (radio edit)
2. Hunderd Weight
3. Atomic 79
It's released by Memphis Industries and can brought online from them by clicking here, or at Amazon by clicking here. The album can also be ordered from Memphis Industries online shop by clicking here. Blue States are playing a gig on Sat 12th June in Shoreditch, London to celebrate the album release. It's an open air afternoon gig so should be a lot of fun, more details to follow in the next few days.
Welcome to the new site! Hope you all approve of the added features and new design so let us know your thoughts on the lovely new forum. Apart from that there's more new release news. Blue States new single 'Across the wire' is set for release on May 31st. Its the first track to be taken from the new album 'The Soundings' which is released on June 14th. Together with 'Across the wire' are two new tracks 'Hundred weight' and 'Atomic 79'. More details to follow soon. Also check out www.thesoundings.co.uk to hear this week's new track 'Ten shades'. Laters peeps...
Blue States are playing a one-off gig as part of the London Vapour festival on 30th October. Its a chance to hear some new material from the forthcoming third album, out next year. It all takes place at The Legion, 348 Old Street, a new venue, and is part of a Memphis Industries night. Joining Blue States will be some of the other favourites such as Fort Lauderdale and Broadway Project. Full details below of the lineup. For more details see www.vapour.co.uk. See you there.
Memphis Industries Night
Thursday 30th October
7:30-12:00am
Legion, 348 Old Street, EC1
Blue States (live)
Fort Lauderdale (live)
J.Xaverre (live)
The Go! Team (Dj set)
Broadway Project (Dj set)
Blue States are playing a one off London gig at 93ft East, Brick Lane on 29th May. Its a free gig with Memphis newcomer J Xaverre as part of BBC collective sessions. To get tickets for the gig click on the link at the bottom. Its a chance to hear some new material from a stripped down lineup. Its being filmed for the BBCi website so it should be a lot of fun.
for tickets go here http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A1045919
Blue States play their first London gig of the 2003 on 27th Feb@ 93ft East on Brick Lane. London label Memphis Industries celebrate their 25th release and first compilation, Estuary English, by taking over 93ft East for one night only. That's right, for one special night you can see Blue States as well as J.Xaverre playing live, whilst the rest of the Memphis Industries coterie variously DJ, throw shapes and generally swan around like they own the place. Which they clearly don't. Full lineup below.
BLUE STATES and J. XAVERRE Live plus
DJ sets from Broadway Project, Fort Lauderdale, The Go! Team, Ollie Memphis and more.
tickets available from www.ticketweb.co.uk 08700 600 100
Rough Trade, Covent Garden 0207 240 0105
Smallfish, Old Street 0207 739 2252)
Blue States are playing a London gig as part of the first ever Memphis Industries night in February. It all takes place at 93 Feet East on Brick Lane on Thursday 27th February. More details to follow.
The new single Season Song is released today. You might have noticed that it's also featured on 28 Days Later, the Danny Boyle Horror flick. It's out on both CD and 12 inch vinyl and is backed up by a Rui da Silva mix and a Jacknife Lee mix of 28 Days Later track Ave Maria. It all boils down to a cracker of a seasonal song. To celebrate the single release Blue States head off to Ireland for two live dates this week.
Wed 4th Dec - Bar Cuba, Galway
Thurs 5th Dec - POD, Dublin
Blue States are playing two Irish gigs next week in Galway and Dublin. It's a rare chance to catch the dynamic, live six piece band. Details of the shows below.
Wed 4th Dec - Bar Cuba, Galway
Thurs 5th Dec - POD, Dublin
Support comes from Memphis newcomer J Xaverre. For any details contact info@bluestates.com
Blue States head off to the US and Canada for a small group of dates to celebrate the release of Man Mountain in America. It's a rare chance to see the live six piece band playing out tracks from Man Mountain and Nothing Changes. They will return to the US for a full tour early 2003. Details below and on the events page.
Blue States new single Season Song is to be included as the lead track from the new Danny Boyle film, 28 Days Later. As the lead track from the soundtrack Season Song will be released in November to coincide with the film. More details soon.
The amercian release of Man Mountain is upon us on October 1st. Its out on ESL and you can get more details from our friends across the pond at www.eslmusic.com. It also contains a bonus track exclusive to the US version.
Blue States are playing a special gig at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London on Tuesday 10th September in conjuction with Metro. This is a rare chance to see them as a twelve piece, with the addition of strings and brass sections.
Metro will advertise the show the week before the gig telling you how to register for tickets, details available on www.metrocafe.co.uk
Hello and welcome to the new and improved Blue States site. To celebrate the release of the new album "Man Mounatin" we've relaunched the site. latest news will be regularly posted here including release information and gigs and tour dates. Together with the latest news you can find info about Blue States releases to date, merchandise and audio clips. Click on mailing list to recieve regular newsletters about latest Blue States news.
August 19th - New album "Man Mountain" is released its a twelve track affair which introduces vocalist Ty Bulmer along with a string quartet, brass section and a kids choir amongst others. Full track listing below for both releases -
Metro Sound - 29/07/02 XL/Memphis Industries
1. Metro Sound
2. The Interceptors
3. Metro Sound - Four Tet mix Man Mountain - 19/08/02 XL/Memphis Industries
1. Metro Sound
2. What We've Won
3. Colouration
4. Only Today
5. Studio 20
6. Bare Bones
7. Season Song
8. Man Mountain
9. The Winfield Audition
10. Doublespeak
11. Halfway Highway
12. Adrift
More details to follow soon
There are some limited edition "Nothing Changes" Blue States t-shirts available for £12. They come in three sizes, small medium and large, and in three colours blue, brown or green. There are only a limited number available, details of the design can be seen above. Click contact Blue States to place an order.