By Liam BendFour years since they last gigged here, Starsailor are returning to Sheffield giving us an eagerly anticipated taste of the new album ‘All The Plans’.
The band currently have a number of tour dates in the U.K throughout this spring and will appear at the Leadmill on Saturday 28th March.
Along with support acts they will be promoting their latest material from the band’s fourth studio album that is released March 9th, available on CD, 7” plus download formats.
The album includes the single ‘Tell Me It’s Not Over’ featuring the Killers front man Brandon Flowers and the exclusive ‘In Their Word’ which features Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood but fans who expect similarities to 2005’s rock based ‘On the Outside’ will be in for a shock.
‘All The Plans’ sees Starsailor go back to what they do best, creating music with solid beats and brilliant harmonies that produced the band’s most successful hits in the ‘Love Is Here’ era such as ‘Alcoholic’ and ‘Poor Misguided Fool’.
Though the last album received mixed reactions from the music press, this back to basics approach can only be a step in the right direction for the boys from Chorley.
Easy listening songs such as ‘Boy In Waiting’ and ‘Change My Mind’ have simple sounds created by the tambourine and piano intros that have become a tradition since Starsailor’s early days.
These are the tracks that develop a personal feel that the listener can relate themselves too and this adds nice contrast to the heavier guitar reliant songs like ‘You Never Get What You Deserve’ were they are then able to rock out, to a Starsailor extent.
If you approach the album with honesty, not expecting an album as succesful as U2’s Joshua tree but giving it a rightful chance, you will understand why you come to love music in the first place.
Great bands keep things simple, Starstailor are one of these, they deserve another listen.
RATING 3.5 / 5
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