Starsailor is, at best, the third-string quarterback for the new British invasion. It will have to back up Coldplay and Travis, but Starsailor’s time will come.

Its debut album, “Love Is Here,” shows a glimpse of what is and what could be.

Starsailor could be a huge attraction to music fans looking to expand their musical horizons. Songs like “Alcoholic” bring forth strong emotions from the band as well as the listener.

Lead singer James Walsh has the voice of a bitter sentimentalist that collides with a sound similar to that of Travis’s Fran Healy and singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley. The similarities bring Starsailor’s message of hope and despair to the masses.

Good music begets good music, and if you’ve been looking for a diamond in the rough after Coldplay, then this will be good listening.

Now onto what Starsailor is. “Love Is Here” offers up 11 tracks. Give or take one or two, half of the album is fine listening music.

“Lullabye” and “Good Souls” have immediate appeal, while “Tie Up My Hands” and “She Just Wept” give new meaning to the word sorrow.

Starsailor delivers excellent singing and songwriting, but falls short of a complete album that will turn the music industry upside down.

Songs like “Coming Down” and “Poor Misguided Fool” fall through the cracks and disappear.

Like a mother’s lecture, it goes in one ear and out the other. But this gives Starsailor hope in the midst of this despair.

There is a roof to any music group’s success. The members of Starsailor will not break through and hit their heads on the ceiling. They still have room to maneuver and experiment. There still is more good music to come from them and with luck each album will improve upon the other.

“Love Is Here” is like a blind date. We might have heard about it, but this is our first chance to get to know it. We didn’t get bombarded with the life story, but we did get a hint that there are a lot of great things to come.