Love Is Here - Starsailor

It was around about early February 2001 that I first heard of Starsailor, when the debut single Fever was getting it?s first play on Xfm. The Lancashire band were propelled from a life of working in off Licence's to the world of International success off the back of this the debut album, Love is here. The band follow a similar sound to Coldplay with a calming, relaxing sound. However, the album is no where near as impressive as Parachutes, Coldplay?s debut offering but there are signs of big things to come from Starsailor. The album was finally released in October 2001 after 3 singles and spent weeks at number 1 on the album chart, whilst a year later it ...  Read the complete review

Well it has actually been a very long time since I developed had any real serious addiction to any one particular band, I tend to like allsorts really and not have any real favourites, however this all changed a while ago.. Starsailor are the band in question, I expect a lot of you have not heard of them or don’t know a lot about them, so I will try and enlighten you a little with this opinion. With only one album to date, they are a band that I feel are far to underrated, a band bursting with something fresh to offer the music scene, a band that has actually got talent bursting at the seams… GROUP FACTS ...  Read the complete review

Starsailor are a new band who seem to have come out of nowhere to become quite a success. This new album, ‘Love is Here’ must have helped promote them to stardom. This is there debut album and here is what I think of it. ~ History ~ Well not exactly long but I will try my best, being a new band and all. Ok then, Starsailor came into being (complete) at the beginning of 2000 with the arrival of the final band member Barry Westhead. During 2000 they began to pick up the pace of gigs, etc. As far as I am aware they performed at Glastonbury that year but facts aren’t very clear about that. After this they had record companies knocking at ...  Read the complete review

Starsailor burst onto the music scene with a stunning debut album. From the moment it starts to the end of the 11 tracks the genius and talent of the boys is obvious. Each song could be a greatly successful single, their sound of soft lyrics, smooth guitars and pianos, pure vocals and all tied together with great melodies and a calm finish. Think I like this album. Your right then. Starsailor are a relatively new band, the current form came together in early part of 2000. They are all from the Northern town of Chorley, and comprise of four members. James Walsh is the lead singer, he is a terrific talent, producing smooth polished words to fill the album. ...  Read the complete review

Right, first the legal stuff. You may or may not be aware that it is now law that any writings about Starsailor must contain all of the following words:- Tim, Jeff, Nick, Neil and Van. Optional extras include Angst, Verve, Mercury (in conjunction with award, not stiff flamboyant front man) and Coldplay. So with the lawyers satisfied let’s get on with the review. A brief history:- Starsailor are four lads from the Lancashire town of Chorley. A place whose previous claims to fame were- 1) It’s quite near Preston, and 2) It sounds a bit like seminal children’s TV village “Chigley”. All in all not exactly Las Vegas (in fact not exactly ...  Read the complete review