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On this day, 27 September 2003, post Brit-pop band Starsailor played Cardiff University on their Silence Is Easy tour,
Formed in 2000, the band has included guitarist and vocalist James Walsh, drummer Ben Byrne, bassist James Stelfox and keyboardist Barry Westhead.
They are best known for their 2003 single "Silence Is Easy" which reached number 9 in the UK.
For their second album, Silence Is Easy, which was recorded in Los Angeles, Starsailor teamed up with Phil Spector (in what ended up being his final production work before his conviction of murder in 2009 and his death in 2021). The collaboration came about following Spector's daughter Nicole attending one of the band's American concerts in the winter of 2002.
Spector was reported to have been fascinated by "Lullaby", the band's fourth single. After meeting the producer, the band agreed to work with him on their second album. However, the collaboration was short-lived; sessions at London's Abbey Road proved difficult.
Spector is said to have proved difficult to work with. Only two tracks made the band's second album: the title track, "Silence Is Easy", and "White Dove".
The band co-produced seven of the other tracks with Danton Supple and former The Stone Roses and Radiohead producer John Leckie was brought in to oversee the recording of "Shark Food".
Setlist
Shark Food
Music Was Saved
Alcoholic
Poor Misguided Fool
Fidelity
Lullaby
Telling Them
Love Is Here
Four to the Floor
Born Again
Tie Up My Hands
Silence Is Easy
Encore:
Some of Us
Good Souls
