I got to see Starsailor at the WXPN Free-At-Noon a week ago (you can hear a recording of the concert at that link) and have posted a few photos on my flickr site. They're not the greatest photos - I wasn't very good at taking concert photos even before I lost my camera, using the missus' camera only makes it tougher.
Starsailor is often compared to Coldplay and Coldplay is the band that everyone knows and Starsailor is one of those "they're big overseas" bands. Still, I've always preferred Starsailor - their music seems to have a little more pep and a lot more variety than Coldplay's. Their latest album moves away from that Chris Martin sound, with a couple of tunes that sound closer to Oasis.
Unfortunately, the short concert started with four songs by Sailsailor's opening act, Peter Walker. I've heard a few songs from Walker and they're pretty good (you can hear a couple of them at his website), but they didn't work too well live.
Murphy's set only left time for five songs from Starsailor (four of which were broadcast and one was just for us). These noontime concerts only last 45-minutes, trying to squeeze two acts into such a short time doesn't give you much time to enjoy either of them. Starsailor did get in a great set, just too short of one.
Click here for the photo set.
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