Starsailor
Silence Is Easy

THE REVIEW

"The Starsailor drink a couple of Red Bulls before grabbing their instruments and offering a dignified and energetic follow-up to Love Is Here"

...Nothing blatantly chaotic, mind you: there's not a single song that makes you shake your head frenetically and scream YYYYYOOOOAAAAAA (any reference...), but there has been a small change and you can feel it.
The sound of the British band is much more aggressive, the ballads give way to songs structured in a more complex way, and finally the bass plays more intricate phrases beyond the usual four chords in succession.

New sounds are introduced: ethnic percussion alternates with very interesting drum loops; suddenly everything gives way to an orchestra of violins led by a perfect melody carried forward by an electric piano (Four To The Floor).
There are also almost gospel-like choirs that give a nice "solemnity" effect to the group's music, without ever spilling over into the ridiculous (Born Again). Strangely, the weakest song seems to be "White Dove", one of the two produced by Phil Spector before venturing into the trial where he was charged with murder.
On the other hand, it can be said that the single "Silence Is Easy", which follows the musical structure of "Good Souls" (a kind of crescendo march led by the bass), effectively conveys the overall sound of the album.

Somewhere I read that James Walsh's voice in this album always retains its very particular timbre, abandoning that whining and sometimes annoying tone that was perhaps too present in Love Is Here.
Absolutely true, the proof lies in the opening track of the album "Music Was Saved," the fastest and most upbeat composition the band has written so far, which very closely resembles the Beatles in their more "Angry" melodic songs.

The drums and percussion are the instruments that stand out the most in the work, for the energy transmitted and for the variety of rhythms and different sounds presented to the listener.
Those who liked Love Is Here will not be disappointed at all with its follow-up, which is much more engaging.

Gentle rock: not refined like that of Coldplay, not whispered like that of Travis, maybe a bit rough, but certainly, in this episode, varied and beautiful in its entirety.