Not a bad album. I was a lil dissapointed somewhere towards the middle or the end of the album. Started straying away from the nice melodies in the begining in exchange for some really wierd sounds. It's not something I can listen to all the way through without wanting to skip a track. Of course I've only given it 1 full listen through so who knows it could grow on me if I give it a chance. Bedshaped is definitely the stand out track on the album...it's the last one. It's a very beautiful song. Judging from the customer reviews on CDnow.com it seems people think they sound a little like old Radiohead. I dunno about that maybe a little. Theres no guitarist for the band so most of the sounds are strictly piano and drum based, with a few techno like sounds that probably came from a synthesiser or something. Theres 3 men in the band. The pianist also plays bass. Tom Chaplin has a really great voice.....crazy range.
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So anyone else heard/like this band. I heard the single "Somewhere Only We Know" on VH1 and liked it so much I decided to check em out. Went to FYE, listened to the samples all the way through and thought ah what the hell sounds pretty good for 10 bucks so I picked it up. I also checked out the new Starsailor album
Sounds like it's even better than the first one. Well thats all I guess.
Asta!!