This debut outing by the newest darlings of the British trades, should be filed somewhere between Travis and Coldplay. Easily one of the most accessible albums of the new year, Starsailor soars from track to track upon the sandpaper-honey vocals of sexy frontman James Walsh. A voice that invites alot of easy comparisons--the most accurate being are Verve's Richard Ashcroft, Mike Scott of the Waterboys and Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen. At times the album dwells a bit too long in it's languid subject matter and melancholy, guitar-drenched overtures, but there are plenty of hooks and magical "nostalgia-dredging" moments that make This Is Love shine brightly.