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Saturday, February 26, 2011

Starsailor - Way to Fall (studio & live version)

Starsailor are an English alternative rock band. As of 2009, they have had four charting albums and ten Top 40 singles in the UK since 2001.

The band met whilst studying a music course at Leigh College .Members of the band are James Walsh (singer-guitarist),James Stelfox (bassist),Ben Byrne(drummer),
Barry Westhead (keyboards).

The band’s name comes after the 1970 album Starsailor by Tim Buckley.

Their performance at the Glastonbury Festival added to the band's reputation and led to a bidding war amongst UK record companies.The band signed with EMI, the label that a relative of one band member worked for, in 2000.

"Fever", the band's first single, was released in early 2001. March 2001 saw the band sell out their first UK Tour, which consisted of eleven dates in England. The original release date of their debut album was August 2001.

The album Love Is Here reached number 2 in the UK album charts in October 2001, after receiving great critical acclaim.
Combining a mix of acoustic guitar and Walsh's beautiful vocals, critics said the songs leave the "hairs on the back of your neck standing.

The year ended with the band winning the "Brightest New Hope" award at the NME Awards,

Their other albums are : Silence Is Easy (September 15, 2003) #2 UK ,On the Outside (October 17, 2005) #13 UK All the Plans (March 9, 2009) #26 UK

On November 13, 2009 it was officially announced that Starsailor was on hold and that James Walsh was concentrating on his solo career.

"Way to Fall" is from their first album...

...and was never released as a single...


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