Artist.......: Starsailor
Album........: Live aux Caprices Festival
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: Oct-27-2007
Str.date.....: Mar-03-2006
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: www.starsailor.net
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Live aux Caprices Festival
01. Starsailor - Poor misguided fool
02. Starsailor - Counterfeit life
03. Starsailor - Alcoholic
04. Starsailor - Fidelity
05. Starsailor - This time
06. Starsailor - Fever
07. Starsailor - Get out while you can
08. Starsailor - In the crossfire
09. Starsailor - Four to the floor
10. Starsailor - Tie up my hands
11. Starsailor - Silence is easy
Runtime 53:46 min
Size 71,6 MB
Release Notes:
Recorded : October 27, 2007 (France 4)
Performed : March 03, 2006 (Crans-Montana / Swiss)
An indie rock quartet heralded on the release of their
debut single, "Fever," in February 2001 as "Britain's best
new band," Starsailor has continued the rich lineage of
Travis, Coldplay, and others. Formed in Wigan by music
students James Walsh (vocals/guitar), James Stelfox
(bass), and Ben Byrne (drums), the band went through
several guitar-heavy embryonic lineups before the arrival
of Barry Westhead (keyboards) cemented their sound.
Influenced by Tim Buckley (whose 1970 album gave the band
their name), Van Morrison, and Neil Young, they played
their first London show at the Heavenly Social in April
2000. At the same time, a demo tape containing the tracks
"Fever," "Coming Down," and "Love Is Here" began
circulating rapidly around the music industry. By the
summer there was a queue of record companies to sign the
nascent band. EMI won the race for their signature. After
spending January 2001 on an NME-sponsored tour with JJ72
and Amen, Starsailor released their debut single, "Fever,"
to unanimous critical praise.
A sold-out headline U.K. tour at the end of March preceded
the release of their second single, "Good Souls," in
April. Once again it was ecstatically received and reached
the Top 20. As the single was released, the band went to
Wales to record their debut album. They re-emerged in June
to begin a summer of festival appearances sandwiched
between an American tour supporting Doves and a couple of
headline dates of their own.
After achieving their first U.K. Top Ten hit with the
single "Alcoholic," Starsailor's debut album, Love Is
Here, was released in September 2001 to much critical
fanfare, and a European tour closed out a highly
successful year. The following year kicked off with the
American release of Love Is Here in January and a few
weeks on the road for a brief North American tour, ending
with a performance at the SXSW festival in March. Their
sophomore album, Silence Is Easy, followed in 2004. Phil
Spector was originally slated to produce the album;
however, recording sessions were frustrating for the band,
thus leaving them to ask Danton Supple (Morrissey, Elbow,
Doves) and John Leckie (Radiohead, the Stone Roses, Ride)
to step in as producers. On the Outside followed in summer
2006. Singles "This Time" and "In the Crossfire" did
moderately well on the U.K. Top 40.