Starsailor announce 25th anniversary reissue of ‘Love Is Here’
Starsailor will release a remastered 25th-anniversary edition of their debut album, ‘Love Is Here’, on 2 October via Parlophone, alongside a UK and European tour in which they will perform the record in full. The release revisits an album that sold more than one million copies worldwide, underlining its lasting place in the band’s catalogue and early-2000s British music.
The vinyl edition will present the original album in a gatefold sleeve and on coloured vinyl for the first time, while the two-CD version adds demos, unreleased David Kosten mixes, BBC sessions and live recordings. The tour begins at the London Palladium on release day and includes dates in Bexhill, several European cities, Edinburgh, Manchester, Poole and Birmingham, with a string ensemble arranged and conducted by Joe Duddell.
In short
- Starsailor reissue ‘Love Is Here’ on 2 October.
- The expanded edition includes unreleased mixes, demos and BBC performances.
- A UK and European full-album tour accompanies the release.
Explained simply
Starsailor are a British band whose debut album, Love Is Here, arrived in 2001, when guitar-led bands were prominent in the UK music scene. The group formed around singer and guitarist James Walsh, alongside guitarist Barry Westhead, bassist James Stelfox and drummer Ben Byrne.
The album sold more than a million copies worldwide and helped establish Starsailor’s place in British music of the early 2000s. An anniversary reissue gives listeners a chance to revisit the record and hear additional recordings from its making and performances.
Parlophone is the record label releasing the edition. Joe Duddell, a composer and arranger who has worked with bands and orchestras, has arranged the string parts for the tour.
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