Starsailor

‘Good Souls’ [Chrysalis]

Coming on like a Verve tribute band, Starsailor recall the dreamy ballad feel of the Wigan outfit’s early career before their genius imploded in a whimper of acrimony and bombast. ‘Good Souls’ tries to steep itself in heartfelt cautious optimism, but is plagued with embarrassingly anthemic vocals, pathetically predictable strings and strangled guitars. One of the most excruciatingly awful bright young things to come from the UK in some time.