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3.0 out of 5 stars
Better than Athlete - but then what isn't, 20 Feb 2006
Well, it's not a good start, in my book, if Starsailor take a shine to you, and take you out on tour. Especially, when they do it more than once. But seeing as how their label helped out Stephen Fretwell in his early days, I took the chance of them lacking cloth ears and popped this into the ceedee player.And yes, they're doing the big, anthemic power ballad thing, like so (so) many others, but this lot are actually good at it! I'd be giving a big shout out to the singer, who has a raw edge to this voice that lifts the song from the potential mire inhabited by Athlete, and also the lead guitarist, who does a fine line in spiralling lead lines, but the press release, band website and label website don't seem to bother with fripperies like naming the band. Which could mean it's a pseudonym for some godawful band like Embrace, and I'm making a fool of myself by liking it, but my credibility went out the window on the glorious day that "Cherry Pie" by Warrant was released and, frankly, I've been better off without it. Yes, things get a bit samey over the six tracks on this mini album / maxi single thing, and over a full album, they'd need to stir it up a bit, but when you have as good a song as "All I Ever Wanted" to play with, who cares. Just make sure to bring a large supply of lighters to their next gig.
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