Starflyer 59 is an indie rock band from Riverside, CA founded in 1993 by Ja… Read Full Bio ↴Starflyer 59 is an indie rock band from Riverside, CA founded in 1993 by Jason Martin, the sole songwriter, guitarist and singer.
The band's sound has varied considerably over the years. Loud and lush shoegaze, heavy guitar rock, dream pop, chamber pop, new wave, synth pop, post-punk, garage rock, pop rock, soft rock, lounge music and blues rock all play significant roles in SF59's ultimate sonic palette.
While Martin has written all of Starflyer 59's music and is the principal musician, the band has included numerous contributors over its life. For the better part of 15 years, beginning in the mid-00s, SF59's lineup stabilized with Steven Dail on bass and Trey Many on drums. In recent years, drumming duties have been handled by Charlie Martin, Jason's son, who was 16 when he recorded on SF59's 2019 album, Young In My Head. Other notable contributors over the years have included Jeff Cloud, Richard Swift, Frank Lenz, Josh Dooley, Wayne Everett, and others.
Starflyer 59 was signed to Tooth & Nail Records, their original and current label, after Jason Martin gave a demo to Brandon Ebel when the two met at a music festival in 1993. Shortly afterwards, Ebel contacted Martin and offered him a record contract. By the end of the year, Starflyer 59's debut album, Silver, was recorded and released. In 1995, Starflyer 59 released their sophomore album, Gold. Both of these albums are actually eponymous releases, but are colloquially known by the colors of the plain, monochromatic album art.
Starflyer 59's next album, Americana (1997), continued with the minimalist cover art, but marked the first of many significant sonic shifts for the band. While Americana is still loud, heavy and guitar-forward like the previous releases, layered ambient shoegazing is replaced by crunchy, catchy blues rock-inspired riffs and more traditional song structures. Several changes to the band lineup were also made for this album. Bass player Andrew Larson departed, replaced by Eric Campuzano (The Prayer Chain). In addition, Wayne Everett (The Prayer Chain) became the band's studio drummer, a role previously held by Martin. High tensions in the studio during the recoding of the album led Campuzano to leave the band before it began touring to support the new album. Replacing him was Jeff Cloud, who had been Starflyer's touring manager.
The release of The Fashion Focus in 1998 signaled a major change in the direction of the band's sound, largely due to the influence of Gene Eugene. Where previous albums had emphasized guitars and loud, shoegazing rock and roll, The Fashion Focus was a significantly softer album, drawing its main influences from pop rock, loung music, arty indie rock and synthesizer music. Everybody Makes Mistakes, released the next year, continued in the same direction as The Fashion Focus.
On Nov. 21st, 2000, Starflyer 59 released Easy Come Easy Go, a two disc set that contained songs from throughout their career up to that point. 2001 saw the release of Leave Here A Stranger, Starflyer's next full length album. It saw the band's sound continue to soften. After the untimely death of Gene Eugene, Martin called on long-time musical hero Terry Scott Taylor to take over production of the new album. In an effort to be different, Leave Here a Stranger was recorded in mono. In addition to Martin and Cloud, Leave Here a Stranger featured Josh Dooley on keyboards and Joey Esquibel on drums.
Beginning in 2003, Starflyer 59 would release one full length album every year for three years, all of them self-produced. The first of these albums was Old. Old features heavier guitars than Leave Here A Stranger; however, the music was still significantly softer than the band's early work. In 2004, I Am the Portuguese Blues was released. With this album, Starflyer 59 returned to the heavy guitar format that was so prominent on their early albums, as well as the monochromatic album covers that had characterized these albums. I Am the Portuguese Blues was not a true follow-up to Old, but instead was a set of older songs that Jason Martin had written for a follow-up album to Americana. The material was originally shelved when the band shifted gears and instead recorded The Fashion Focus. This was a treat for fans of Starflyer 59's older material, but confused many newer fans and critics who were familiar with Starflyer 59's more recent pop-friendly work.
2005's Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice saw the band change their sound yet again, to a style that seemed a more natural follow-up to Old than I Am the Portuguese Blues had been. For this album, Starflyer 59 was cut down to two members: Jason Martin and drummer Frank Lenz. It would be the first studio album since Americana to be recorded without bassist Jeff Cloud. Despite having only two band members, the songs on Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice have a full sound. This is largely due to the inclusion of guest string players on many of the albums tracks.
Also in 2005, Starflyer 59 re-issued digitally re-mastered versions of Silver and Gold with bonus tracks. The re-issue of Silver came with the tracks of the band's follow-up EP, She's The Queen. Gold was reissued with the "Goodbyes Are Sad" 7 inch single and three of the four tracks from the Le Vainqueur EP.
In September 2006, Starflyer 59 released their latest album My Island. My Island is yet another evolution in the Starflyer sound. While Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice relied on the warmth of synthesized bass and live strings, My Island's"strength comes from its catchy guitar hooks and live bass.
Jason Martin's side projects have included Bon Voyage with his wife, Julie, Enemy Ships (formerly known as The Emergency), Pony Express, The Brothers Martin with his brother Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric fame, Neon Horse, Low & Behold, Lo Tom[/artist), and others. The Martin brothers also worked together in Morella's Forest (1998 band, not to be confused with the 90s band of the same name) and Dance House Children, which predate their famous solo projects. Jason has also produced albums for Fine China, MAP, and Upside Down Room and performed work as a studio musician and guest musician on several albums.
Their official website is located at www.sf59.com. Their official myspace is located at www.myspace.com/starflyer59.
The band's sound has varied considerably over the years. Loud and lush shoegaze, heavy guitar rock, dream pop, chamber pop, new wave, synth pop, post-punk, garage rock, pop rock, soft rock, lounge music and blues rock all play significant roles in SF59's ultimate sonic palette.
While Martin has written all of Starflyer 59's music and is the principal musician, the band has included numerous contributors over its life. For the better part of 15 years, beginning in the mid-00s, SF59's lineup stabilized with Steven Dail on bass and Trey Many on drums. In recent years, drumming duties have been handled by Charlie Martin, Jason's son, who was 16 when he recorded on SF59's 2019 album, Young In My Head. Other notable contributors over the years have included Jeff Cloud, Richard Swift, Frank Lenz, Josh Dooley, Wayne Everett, and others.
Starflyer 59 was signed to Tooth & Nail Records, their original and current label, after Jason Martin gave a demo to Brandon Ebel when the two met at a music festival in 1993. Shortly afterwards, Ebel contacted Martin and offered him a record contract. By the end of the year, Starflyer 59's debut album, Silver, was recorded and released. In 1995, Starflyer 59 released their sophomore album, Gold. Both of these albums are actually eponymous releases, but are colloquially known by the colors of the plain, monochromatic album art.
Starflyer 59's next album, Americana (1997), continued with the minimalist cover art, but marked the first of many significant sonic shifts for the band. While Americana is still loud, heavy and guitar-forward like the previous releases, layered ambient shoegazing is replaced by crunchy, catchy blues rock-inspired riffs and more traditional song structures. Several changes to the band lineup were also made for this album. Bass player Andrew Larson departed, replaced by Eric Campuzano (The Prayer Chain). In addition, Wayne Everett (The Prayer Chain) became the band's studio drummer, a role previously held by Martin. High tensions in the studio during the recoding of the album led Campuzano to leave the band before it began touring to support the new album. Replacing him was Jeff Cloud, who had been Starflyer's touring manager.
The release of The Fashion Focus in 1998 signaled a major change in the direction of the band's sound, largely due to the influence of Gene Eugene. Where previous albums had emphasized guitars and loud, shoegazing rock and roll, The Fashion Focus was a significantly softer album, drawing its main influences from pop rock, loung music, arty indie rock and synthesizer music. Everybody Makes Mistakes, released the next year, continued in the same direction as The Fashion Focus.
On Nov. 21st, 2000, Starflyer 59 released Easy Come Easy Go, a two disc set that contained songs from throughout their career up to that point. 2001 saw the release of Leave Here A Stranger, Starflyer's next full length album. It saw the band's sound continue to soften. After the untimely death of Gene Eugene, Martin called on long-time musical hero Terry Scott Taylor to take over production of the new album. In an effort to be different, Leave Here a Stranger was recorded in mono. In addition to Martin and Cloud, Leave Here a Stranger featured Josh Dooley on keyboards and Joey Esquibel on drums.
Beginning in 2003, Starflyer 59 would release one full length album every year for three years, all of them self-produced. The first of these albums was Old. Old features heavier guitars than Leave Here A Stranger; however, the music was still significantly softer than the band's early work. In 2004, I Am the Portuguese Blues was released. With this album, Starflyer 59 returned to the heavy guitar format that was so prominent on their early albums, as well as the monochromatic album covers that had characterized these albums. I Am the Portuguese Blues was not a true follow-up to Old, but instead was a set of older songs that Jason Martin had written for a follow-up album to Americana. The material was originally shelved when the band shifted gears and instead recorded The Fashion Focus. This was a treat for fans of Starflyer 59's older material, but confused many newer fans and critics who were familiar with Starflyer 59's more recent pop-friendly work.
2005's Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice saw the band change their sound yet again, to a style that seemed a more natural follow-up to Old than I Am the Portuguese Blues had been. For this album, Starflyer 59 was cut down to two members: Jason Martin and drummer Frank Lenz. It would be the first studio album since Americana to be recorded without bassist Jeff Cloud. Despite having only two band members, the songs on Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice have a full sound. This is largely due to the inclusion of guest string players on many of the albums tracks.
Also in 2005, Starflyer 59 re-issued digitally re-mastered versions of Silver and Gold with bonus tracks. The re-issue of Silver came with the tracks of the band's follow-up EP, She's The Queen. Gold was reissued with the "Goodbyes Are Sad" 7 inch single and three of the four tracks from the Le Vainqueur EP.
In September 2006, Starflyer 59 released their latest album My Island. My Island is yet another evolution in the Starflyer sound. While Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice relied on the warmth of synthesized bass and live strings, My Island's"strength comes from its catchy guitar hooks and live bass.
Jason Martin's side projects have included Bon Voyage with his wife, Julie, Enemy Ships (formerly known as The Emergency), Pony Express, The Brothers Martin with his brother Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric fame, Neon Horse, Low & Behold, Lo Tom[/artist), and others. The Martin brothers also worked together in Morella's Forest (1998 band, not to be confused with the 90s band of the same name) and Dance House Children, which predate their famous solo projects. Jason has also produced albums for Fine China, MAP, and Upside Down Room and performed work as a studio musician and guest musician on several albums.
Their official website is located at www.sf59.com. Their official myspace is located at www.myspace.com/starflyer59.
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20 Dollar Bills When you're done with the run I wanna take your height Like…
2nd Space Song Call a friend Be here unto the end Eyes so kind The one…
A Dethroned King This is how you know when you can't do right Think…
A Good Living There's this feeling that I've got to leave Because the mon…
A Holiday Song You know what day it is? The day we fell in…
A Kissing Song let me take my life by the sewer side a slip…
A Lists Go On A lists go on We know you've tried But you're getting on…
All My Friends Who Play Guitar This is what you do for a name You want to…
All The Time We don't make the world go round We don't know much…
All You Want Are The Things I Need Nice shot Just the same one time after time You know how…
Altercation IT WAS A GENUINE GESTURE BECAUSE I'M NOT YOUR MASTER I GOT…
Automatic Death of a salesman, I still have pride Because I'm right…
Bicycle Rider I can tell when it's not going well You just like…
Birthrite Some might Some might sell out on the birthrite Never shy An…
Blue Collar Love She has taken it all The feel to fend for things…
Boulevard The Time's all you need When you stop to think Tell me what…
Cain Last time I saw you were heading to your room…
Can You Play Drums? And this is what you can't explain A need to take…
Canary Row How could you love him When he doesn't care How could you…
Card Games And Old Friends Say goodbye It's no life We never realized Where we've been …
Christmas Time Is Here Christmas time is here Happiness and cheer Fun for all, th…
Coconut Trees I can see you all in my dreams I can pretend…
CompEATING Keepsakes are for leaving Because I wanna make a brand new…
Concentrate RELY ON YOUR MEDICINES, MADE TO IMITATE FOR THE KIDS WHO…
Cry Now I see it coming, coming behind my back So I…
Cry Me A River I can see it in the distance And miss it an…
Days Of Lamech These could be days Like Lamech, Methuselah Boys after girls…
Division When names are thrown To those who know that You're not so…
Do You Ever Feel That Way Do you wait here by the phone Do you ever feel…
Droned When you've taken all I know When you've faked it all I know…
Duel Overhead Cam She's got a hold on me And she better wait for…
Dungeon The You're on the outside He's in the way You're on the outside…
E.P. Nights We go back and forth Just looking for a life line Nothing…
Easy Street Get me back on Easy Street Where there's easy leads With no…
Everyone But Me Please say what you mean Got time for everyone but me Please…
Fashion Focus So what So I think you know That you Were the first to…
Father John I woke up in the misty AM, I got tired…
Fell In Love At 22 Fell in love at 22 With a girl that's close to…
First Heart Attack Listen I'll tell you a story Of lines you never get…
Fun Is Fun Oh I think its strange Your face is on my wall How…
Give Up The War I read what they write God's men of before It's simply that…
Going Places Pictures on a doorstep and no lack of hesitation Need a…
Good Sons The no good sons malign you Is it tough to come…
Goodbyes Are Sad One date you'll find it's here Would you recognize Feeling…
Happy Birthday John Happy birthday John Where has your sweetheart gone? She left…
Happy Days Are Here Again Happy days are here again And you're not 'Cause when she smi…
Harmony Time moves, you knew it would You'd leave them all After the…
Hazel Would Honestly I'd rather sleep But your holding me to it all on…
Help Me When You're Gone I will be right here When you say Spend your days with…
Hey Are You Listening? From the very start my eyes drifted to where you…
Holiday Song You know what day it is? The day we fell in…
House Wife Love Song A Tend the tables, put your house guests away Tend the tables…
I Drive A Lot And if you need it a lot I'm talking just to…
I Feel Black I think he lost his head and I'm not any…
I Had A Song For The Ages Oh youth, is wasted on the young. I've been hearing…
I Like Your Photographs I live with the old swing and trumpets And fly through…
I Love You Like The Little Bird I've made up my mind This is the time to relegate No…
I was 17 Sorry, I broke your heart Left you with no stand Don't you…
I Win When I try to erase or calculate For a moment could…
IAMACEO Drawn the line and this is where I won't step It's…
Ideas For The Talented I've got a feeling That rests on my brain It takes all…
Indiana Stay these days and you will find All the hurting here…
Indiána stay these days and you will find all the hurting here will…
Is This All There Is When I’m in my bed with coast to coast Wondering if…
It's Alright Blondie I can't get it off my mind Cause I hear it…
Junk So my calls are the last on your mind I…
Just Try So this is how it feels when you've got no…
Kick The Can I can't pretend This will help you in the end Your medicat…
Kissing Song A Let me take my life by the sewer side A slip…
Le Vainqueur I wish you would stake the claim Turned too far for…
Leigh and Me Burned out I'd wish you know For days, I've thought of you…
Lifeguard I've never been there So when I see that look in…
Lights On The light's on A last song You know I'm going to leave…
Lose My Mind I've got a bad taste in my mouth. Could it…
Loved Ones A big time It's a long try To leave all your loved…
M23 Hey man, write it so they'll see It's not tired, my…
Major Awards There's a big time coming It's got me running out When the…
Messed Up Over You Tell it long, so true Sweetly to me So long, so blue Complet…
Mic The Mic So many now your mouth's dry So I'll leave them at…
Minor Keys THRU THE SPEAKERS, AND THRU THE WALLS MY SOUNDS WILL TRAVEL…
Monterey Lost on words for you And I'd better make it soon In…
Mr. Martin HEY MR. MARTIN WHO CAN I TRUST I'VE BEEN TOLD A…
My Island I'm only pushing buttons Maybe you should come in and try …
My Light If I can see you all the time instead of…
My Name These are what you like So Ill turn in my card…
New Wife New Life Talk strays when you're right So drive straight when you dri…
Next Time Around kissing when the boys when i wasn't around feeling the mess…
Nice Guy Somebody told me there's an occasion to rise Somebody's dri…
Night Life If you're teaching a trade About a mocker's song With no b…
Night Music There's a light on the corner It says I'd wish you'd…
No More Shows When there's no heart Yeah, I wanna live again Can't delay…
No New Kinda Story This is what we want You know we had to wait…
Not Funny It′s a good idea Been tried and true When a mother lies…
Not That I Want To When a boy says I love you and a girl…
Old Stress in your life It's you've been untrue There's been not…
One Shot Juanita Times only wasted when you know like I know The past…
Open Hands Dog days missed us, now I'm looking to close So put…
Passengers Gifts that give and try to get into my life With…
Pearl Of Great Price My mind is always moving So much I can't decide I've got…
Play The "c" Chord These friends of mine Fill in the lines To put in the…
Play the C Chord These friends of mine fill in the lines To put in…
Pot of Gold I finished what I started, the first 40's the hardest Rest…
Red Tide Disappear when you call and then they convene Making the pl…
Salinas Burned out Turned off It's still the same When you know t…
Samson I know we can work it out Spend some time to…
Second Space Song Call a friend Be here unto the end Eyes so kind The one…
Shane So I told you all, 'Don't try it again.' You…
She Holding hands by the roadside makes it better Nothing here, …
She's The Queen I know she's all I need Her body's hers to take…
Shedding The Mortal Coil it's falling off it's unraveling it's come undone it's disin…
Shut Your Mouth After all You really stink it up And the lies that you…
Sin for a Season There's a shaky hand shaking with the hand of her…
Sled And she don't care Well not bad And she don't care Well not…
Smoke Smoke it runs through my veins it's burning my eyes Controll…
Something Evil Tragedy likes trouble I get the feeling that you want doubl…
Somewhere When Your Heart Glowed The Hope I've been wondering where you are Taking these blues way too…
Stop Wasting Your Whole Life/Messed Up and Down Take the flight 'cause I'm leaving tonight Just ain't right …
Sundown (This is sundown) Your bet is lost You're fading slow Sundo…
Taxi SOMETIMES I TELL MYSELF I SHOULD HAVE WALKED WHEN THEY ALL …
Teens In Love He can see when he gets you alone Takes no one…
The Big Idea Eternal lies Bigger than skies You come on like a feeling …
The Birthrite Some might Some might sell out on the birthrite Never shy An…
The Boulevard Time's all you need When you stop to think Tell me what…
The Brightest Of The Head IF I'D OBLIGE THE ODDS ARE I'D FIND WHAT MAKES A…
The Contest Completed All the time we traveled For all it meant to me Was…
The Drop I'll be here waiting, you know I'll be here later, you…
The Dungeon You're on the outside He's in the way You're on the outside…
The Fashion Focus So what So I think you know That you Were the first to…
The Frontman The experts say and they should know Divert yourself and ne…
The Lights On The light's on A last song You know I'm going to leave…
The Longest Line I've got one destination For Jesus to call me home For fac…
The Party I left you two alone With nothing really wrong But you messe…
The Starflyer 2000 Reprise Burned out I'd wish you know For days, I've thought of you…
The Translator There must be something on your mind Some words to tell…
The Voyager you keep pulling me left me with the doubt you don't worship…
The Zenith There she goes under blue skies she swirls by There you…
Thing Like This Help Come out in clothes you like And tell me of all…
Things Like This Help Me Come out in clothes you like And tell me of all…
This I Don't Need Good friends leave I better not think About love and war No …
Through My Door It's been a long, long time since I saw it…
Time Machine Those pictures, they cause me to think About my life…
Too Much Fun Big girls like telling boys that always shove "Fact is, it's…
Translator The There must be something on your mind So much to tell…
Trucker's Son Thank your lucky stars No matter where they are Cause its …
Unbelievers I took the long long way to help you I never…
Underneath When you lie There's a train where the dead speak Of things…
Voyager you keep pulling me left me with the doubt you don't worship…
We Want It Bad I can't relax while laying down It's alright They'll come ri…
We're The Ordinary We're ordinary people Close but not the worst But I think yo…
When I Learn To Sing Because a machine Could burn the life out of me Not the…
When No One Calls Still you can't win But you paid and tried for love So…
When You Feel Miserable Time waits for no one But you, I'd wait for so…
When You Feel The Mess When the worst takes its head When you feel the mess You…
Who Said It's Easy? Convince a mystic on how they missed it I've got some…
Wicked Trick Cold as ice you are you're draining my love my…
Worth of Labor Baby, I′m worth it Uh huh I'm worth it Gimme, gimme, I′m…
you So you think you're radical You think we're terrible I don't…
You Don't Miss Me When you're walking in the dark I feel you coming back You…
You Think You So you think you're radical You think we're terrible I don't…
You're Mean You're mean Or so it seems You've got everything But the one…
Young in My Head What in the world were we doing I can't believe…
Your Company Come on I want to love, I wish you'd turn me…
Youre Mean You're mean Or so it seems You've got everything But the one…
Zenith The There she goes under blue skies she swirls by There you…
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