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XL supports Blue States with new five-album deal. (A&R).

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XL Recordings has signed Blue States on a five-album deal. The deal follows interest in the artist's debut album Nothing Changes Under The Sun, which became a cult favourite at the end of 2001-18 months after its initial release--thanks largely to the fact that a string of the album's tracks were licensed to best-selling chill-out compilations.

"We were very big fans of the first album," says XL A&R executive Ben Beardsworth, who signed the act. "Their new material demonstrates a huge development from their first album--there are significantly more vocals and a much wider use of instrumentation."

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