▁Washington ▁Post ▁critic ▁Mike ▁Joy ce ▁said , ▁"" B rit ain ' s ▁Star club ▁has ▁a ▁similarly ▁exp ans ive ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁pop - rock ▁world , ▁though ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁nearly ▁as ▁fond ▁of ▁Top ▁ 4 0 ▁nov elt ies . ▁V ibr ant ▁gu it ars , ▁swe eping ▁harm on ies ▁and ▁an ▁occas ional ▁fun k ▁gro ove ▁are ▁more ▁to ▁its ▁lik ing . ▁Because ▁lead ▁singer ▁O wen ▁V y se ▁sounds ▁a ▁lot ▁like ▁Paul ▁Rod gers , ▁compar isons ▁with ▁the ▁British ▁bands ▁Free ▁and ▁Bad ▁Company ▁are ▁in ev itable , ▁but ▁Star club ' s ▁new ▁self - t itled ▁album ▁( on ▁Island ) ▁is ▁ec lect ic ▁enough ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁reference ▁mo ot ". ▁ ▁The ▁band ▁were ▁unexpected ly ▁dropped ▁by ▁Island ▁and ▁split ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁ ▁Later ▁projects ▁So on ▁after ▁Star club ▁ended , ▁V y se ▁and ▁White ▁formed ▁the ▁band ▁P aint ▁with ▁Julian ▁Taylor ; ▁White ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Tam ▁John stone ▁when ▁he ▁left ▁to ▁join ▁O asis . ▁P aint ▁recorded ▁for ▁the ▁Sac red ▁label , ▁but ▁distrib utor ▁Sony ▁pulled ▁the ▁single ▁before ▁its ▁release ▁for ▁unknown ▁reasons . ▁V y se ▁also ▁played ▁with ▁E cho ▁& ▁the ▁B unn ymen , ▁and ▁wrote ▁and ▁recorded ▁with ▁other ▁artists ▁for ▁film ▁and ▁TV , ▁including ▁the ▁mov ies ▁The ▁Cr ush ▁( 1 9 9 3 ) ▁and ▁Still ▁Cra