Starflyer 59's dreamy, introverted pop seems to channel the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Nick Drake as much as the English shoegazer groups of the early '90s to which they're usually compared. Curiously recorded and mixed in mono, Leave Here a Stranger is an atmospheric collection of beautifully languid melodies and lyrics that repeatedly use music as a metaphor for life. Mood, not variety, is the name of the game here, and the album plays like one long song, but for the right moment, ...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. RED VINYL!! For Starflyer 59, longevity and quality go hand-in-hand. Since 1993, California's finest shoegazers have been churning out lush masterpieces that seem to only improve with time. From albums like Gold (1995) to I Am The Portuguese Blues (2004), the group has remained not only captivating but increasingly innovative as well. Jason Martin's haunting vocal display perfectly accompanies the atmospheric mood set by the dreamy guitar lines, creating a sort of glimmering magic. "Starflyer...   [ read more ]

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With a surprising mesh of heavy alt guitar and tender vocal aspirations, Starflyer 59 rocked the indie scene for six years, from '94 to 2000, picking up where grunge left off, but adding the best of leader Jason Martin's favorite bands, the Smiths, Chapterhouse, and the Pixies to name just a few. And, where the result could have been dead flat, wrapped in the sonics of Starflyer 59 it was just flattering. The double anthology Easy Come Easy Go, then, becomes a chunky chronicle of th...   [ read more ]

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