Starsailor have announced a 25th anniversary reissue of their debut album ‘Love Is Here’ – see all the details below.
Originally recorded at Rockfield Studios in Wales with producer Steve Osborne and released in October 2001, ‘Love Is Here’ went on to sell over one million copies worldwide and has now amassed more than 56million streams on Spotify.
The new edition of the record will arrive via Parlophone on October 2, and has been fully remastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road. Pre-order your copy here.
The vinyl edition will feature the original album in a gatefold sleeve and will be available on coloured vinyl for the first time, while a two-CD version will add alternative live and session recordings from the BBC, bonus tracks, live imagery and recollections from frontman James Walsh.
Among the extras are a previously unreleased David Kosten mixes of ‘Fever’ that you can check out below, as well as original demos of ‘Good Souls’ and ‘Poor Misguided Fool’, and the band’s version of ‘All Or Nothing’ from the 2002 War Child/NME charity compilation ‘1Love’.
A second disc, ‘Love Is Here Live At The BBC’, includes previously unreleased performances from Glastonbury, T In The Park, Top Of The Pops, Later… With Jools Holland, Steve Lamacq’s Lamacq Live and Jo Whiley’s Live Lounge.
Check out the full tracklist below.
DISC ONE – ‘LOVE IS HERE’
‘Tie Up My Hands’
‘Poor Misguided Fool’
‘Alcoholic’
‘Lullaby’
‘Way To Fall’
‘Fever’
‘She Just Wept’
‘Talk Her Down’
‘Love Is Here’
‘Good Souls’
‘Coming Down’
BONUS TRACKS – CD AND DIGITAL ONLY
‘Born Again’ (original 2002 version)
‘All Or Nothing’ (from ‘1Love’ – War Child/NME album)
‘Fever’ (David Kosten mix – previously unreleased)
‘Love Is Here’ (David Kosten mix – previously unreleased)
‘Good Souls’ (original demo – previously unreleased)
‘Poor Misguided Fool’ (original demo – previously unreleased)
‘Coming Down’ (original demo)
DISC TWO – ‘LOVE IS HERE LIVE AT THE BBC’
‘Tie Up My Hands’ (Glastonbury 2002)
‘Poor Misguided Fool’ (T In The Park 2002)
‘Alcoholic’ (Top Of The Pops, 2001)
‘Lullaby’ (Lamacq Live, NME Tour 2001)
‘Way To Fall’ (T In The Park 2002)
‘Fever’ (Later… With Jools Holland, 2001)
‘She Just Wept’ (One Live In Birmingham, 2001)
‘Talk Her Down’ (One Live In Birmingham, 2001)
‘Love Is Here’ (The Evening Session, 2001)
‘Good Souls’ (Glastonbury 2002)
‘Coming Down’ – acoustic (Jo Whiley Live Lounge, 2001)
BONUS TRACKS – LIVE AT THE BBC
‘Born Again’ (T In The Park 2002)
‘Hot Burrito #2’ (The Evening Session Wales, 2001)
‘Born To Be With You’ – acoustic (One Live In Birmingham, 2001)
The reissue arrives as Starsailor prepare to celebrate the album’s 25th anniversary with a UK and European tour. The shows will see the band perform ‘Love Is Here’ in full alongside a string ensemble arranged and conducted by Joe Duddell, who has previously worked with New Order, Elbow, James and Richard Hawley.
The run begins at the London Palladium on the same day as the reissue is released, before heading to Bexhill and a series of shows across Europe. Starsailor will then return to the UK for dates in Edinburgh, Manchester, Poole and Birmingham later in the month.
Find any remaining tickets for the shows here.
OCTOBER 2026
2 – London, Palladium
3 – Bexhill, De La Warr Pavilion
6 – Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg
7 – Bruges, Stadsschouwburg
9 – Turnhout, De Warande
10 – Hasselt, Cultuurcentrum
12 – Bern, Bierhübeli
17 – Edinburgh, Usher Hall
18 – Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
22 – Poole, Lighthouse
23 – Birmingham, Town Hall
‘Love Is Here’ has already received an anniversary reissue, with the band marking its 20th anniversary in 2021 with a deluxe edition featuring covers, rarities and newly recorded versions of five songs from the record.
Speaking to NME at the time, Walsh reflected on the album’s place in the early ’00s British music scene and rejected the idea that bands such as Starsailor were merely filling a gap before the emergence of The Strokes and The White Stripes.
“I love The Strokes, but there’s a perception music fans needed this injection of life,” he said. “But I remember our gigs and it was exciting to be part of the New Acoustic Movement with Turin Brakes and Coldplay.”
In NME’s review of ‘Love Is Here’, the record was praised as “a debut album of real emotional depth”, with particular acclaim for Walsh’s vocals and songwriting.
Starsailor went on to release five more studio records, most recently 2024’s ‘Where The Wild Things Grow’. The band have confirmed they intend to begin work on their seventh studio album following the ‘Love Is Here’ anniversary shows.
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