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Artist Bio
Jason Martin is the sole songwriter behind Starflyer 59, a project that combines his love for British shoegaze, Beatlesque pop, dreamy space rock, and the songcraft of assorted indie bands. A native of Southern California, Martin was raised in a Christian household without the influence of secular music. He later discovered the Smiths' The Queen Is Dead at the age of 12, and although Christianity continued to play an integral role in his life, Martin's faith didn't prohibit him from delving into the music of My Bloody Valentine and other shoegaze icons. Both the Smiths' melodic sense and MBV's walls of reverb-laden guitar would later find their way into Martin's own songwriting.Testing his musical legs, Martin began writing material and playing keyboards for his older brother's band, Dancehouse Children. Starflyer 59 was subsequently launched in 1993, allowing Martin to create his own warped pop music with the help of several guests. Since Martin wrote every song, produced his own records, and played most instruments himself, there was no need for a conventional lineup in the recording studio. Martin did recruit live players for Starflyer 59's many tours, however, which were launched in support of such albums as Everybody Makes Mistakes, Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice, and Dial M. Starflyer 59's endurance allowed the band to maintain a solid audience for the better part of two decades, and Ghosts of the Past was released in 2009 to honor those longtime fans, compiling an assortment of covers, B-sides, and acoustic performances into a double-disc set. In 2010 the band released their 12th album, The Changing of the Guard.
Starflyer's Website
Starflyer on Facebook
Starflyer 59 Albums
-
![The Changing of the Guard]()
Album Tracks
- Lose My Mind
- Fun Is Fun
- Shane
- Time Machine
- Trucker's Son
- The Morning Rise / Frightening Eyes
- I Had a Song for the Ages
- Coconut Trees
- Cry Me a River
- Kick the Can
-
![Ghosts of the Past]()
Album Tracks
- Mr. Martin (Acoustic Version)
- I Love You Like the Little Bird
- Mall Monarchy
- M23
- Guitar Man
- Black Jacket
- Broken Arm
- Taxi
- Gangs of Riverside
- The Brightest of the Head
- Automatic
- Altercation
- Compulsion
- Concentrate
- Pearl of Great Price Daniel Brigham (Remix)
- Minor Keys
- Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
- Easy
- Spooky
- Mr. Martin
- Under the Milky Way
- Magic
- The Man Who Will Lead
- Thin As a Needle
- The Lucky Ones
- For Us
- White Fog
- Family Line
- W.S. 2005
- The Brightest of the Head (Acoustic Version)
- I Love You Like the Little Bird (Acoustic Version)
-
![Minor Keys - EP]()
Album Tracks
- Minor Keys
- The Brightest of the Head (Acoustic)
- I Love You Like the Little Bird (Acoustic)
- Under the Milky Way
-
![Dial M]()
Album Tracks
- I Love You Like the Little Bird
- Magic
- Minor Keys
- The Brightest of the Head
- Concentrate
- Who Said It's Easy?
- M23
- Taxi
- Automatic
- Altercation
- Mr. Martin
-
![She's the Queen]()
Album Tracks
- She's the Queen
- She Was My Sweet Heart
- Blue Collar Love (Joy Electric Dub Mix)
- Monterey (Lounge Version)
- Canary Row
- Salinas
- The Drop
- Droned (In Love Version)
-
![My Island]()
Album Tracks
- Ideas for the Talented
- The Frontman
- Nice Guy
- I Win
- Division
- Mic the Mic
- It's Alright Blondie
- My Island
- Pearl of Great Price
- Lifeguard
-
![Gold (Extended Edition)]()
Album Tracks
- Do You Ever Feel That Way
- One Shot Juanita
- Next Time Around
- Goodbyes Are Sad
- When No One Calls
- The Starflyer 2000
- Le Vainqueur
- A House Wife Love Song
- Duel Overhead Cam
- When You Feel Miserable
- You're Mean
- Stop Wasting Your Whole Life / Messed Up and Down
- Messed Up Over You
- When You Feel the Mess
- Somewhere When Your Heart Glowed the Hope
- Indiana
-
![Silver (Extended Edition)]()
Album Tracks
- The Dungeon
- She's the Queen
- She Was My Sweetheart
- Blue Collar Love (Joy Electric Dub Mix)
- Monterey (Lounge Version)
- Canary Row
- Salinas
- The Drop
- Droned (In Love Version)
- Blue Collar Love
- Monterey
- Sled
- Hazel Would
- The Zenith
- Second Space Song
- Droned
- Happy Days Are Here Again
- She Only Knows
-
![Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice]()
Album Tracks
- The Contest Completed
- Easy Street
- Good Sons
- A List Goes On
- Night Life
- Good Living
- Softness Goodness
- Something Evil
- Longest Line
-
![I Am the Portugese Blues]()
Album Tracks
- I Need Some Help
- Wake Up Early
- Unlucky
- Teens In Love
- The Big Idea
- Worth of Labor
- Not Funny
- Sound On Sound
- Destiny
- No Revolution
-
![Old]()
Album Tracks
- First Heart Attack
- Underneath
- Major Awards
- Loved Ones
- Passengers
- The Lights On
- New Wife, New Life
- Old
- A Kissing Song
- Unbelievers
-
![Can't Stop Eating (Extended Play)]()
Album Tracks
- Compeating
- West Coast Friendship
- Happy Birthday John
- Give Up the War (Stereo Mix)
- Theme from Dromedary
-
![Leave Here a Stranger]()
Album Tracks
- Your Company
- All My Friends Who Play Guitar
- Can You Play Drums?
- When I Learn to Sing
- Give Up the War
- Things Like This Help Me
- This I Don't Need
- I Like Your Photographs
- ...Moves On
- Night Music
-
![Easy Come Easy Go]()
Album Tracks
- I Drive a Lot
- We're the Ordinary
- Fell in Love at 22
- Play the 'C' Chord
- No New Kinda Story
- 20 Dollar Bills
- Blue Collar Love
- Monterey
- Hazelwould
- A Housewife Love Song
- Duel Overhead Cam
- You're Mean
- The Voyager
- The Hearttaker
- Harmony
- Shedding the Mortal Coil
- Samson
- Prepare to Detour
- I Drive a Lot
- Traffic Jam
- Play the 'C' Chord
- Help Me When You're Gone
- Card Games and Old Friends
- Shut Your Mouth
- No New Kinda Story
- I Was 17
- When You Feel the Mess
- All Done Wrong
- Elijah the Prophet
- When No One Calls
- Next Time Around
- Goodbyes Are Sad
- She Was My Sweetheart
- Everyone But Me
- Wherever You Go
-
![Everybody Makes Mistakes]()
Album Tracks
- Play the C Chord
- No New Kinda Story
- 20 Dollar Bills
- No More Shows
- Just Try
- My Name
- A Dethroned King
- Going Places
- The Party
-
![The Fashion Focus]()
Album Tracks
- The Fashion Focus
- Too Much Fun
- Days of Lamech
- I Drive a Lot
- We're the Ordinary
- Sundown
- Fell in Love at 22
- A Holiday Song (Happy Holidays)
- All the Time
- The Birthrite
- Card Games and Old Friends
- Shut Your Mouth
-
![Americana]()
Album Tracks
- Everyone But Me
- The Voyager
- The Hearttaker
- Harmony
- All You Want Are The Things I Need
- You Think You're Radical
- The Translator
- You Don't Miss Me
- The Boulevard
- Help Me When You're Gone
-
![Gold]()
Album Tracks
- Do You Ever Feel That Way
- One Shot Juanita
- A Housewife Song
- Duel Overhead Cam
- When You Feel Miserable
- You're Mean
- Stop Wasting Your Whole Life/Messed Up and Down
- Messed Up Over You
- When You Feel the Mess
- Somewhere When Your Heart Glowed the Hope
- Indiana
-
![Starflyer 59]()
Album Tracks
- The Dungeon
- Blue Collar Love
- Monterey
- Sled
- Hazel Would
- The Zenith
- 2nd. Space Song
- Droned
- Happy Days Are Here Again
- She Only Knows
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Artist BioJason Martin is the sole songwriter behind Starflyer 59, a project that combines his love for British shoegaze, Beatlesque pop, dreamy space rock, and the songcraft of assorted indie bands. A native of Southern California, Martin was raised in a Christian household without the influence of secular music. He later discovered the Smiths' The Queen Is Dead at the age of 12, and although Christianity continued to play an integral role in his life, Martin's faith didn't prohibit him from delving into the music of My Bloody Valentine and other shoegaze icons. Both the Smiths' melodic sense and MBV's walls of reverb-laden guitar would later find their way into Martin's own songwriting.Testing his musical legs, Martin began writing material and playing keyboards for his older brother's band, Dancehouse Children. Starflyer 59 was subsequently launched in 1993, allowing Martin to create his own warped pop music with the help of several guests. Since Martin wrote every song, produced his own records, and played most instruments himself, there was no need for a conventional lineup in the recording studio. Martin did recruit live players for Starflyer 59's many tours, however, which were launched in support of such albums as Everybody Makes Mistakes, Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice, and Dial M. Starflyer 59's endurance allowed the band to maintain a solid audience for the better part of two decades, and Ghosts of the Past was released in 2009 to honor those longtime fans, compiling an assortment of covers, B-sides, and acoustic performances into a double-disc set. In 2010 the band released their 12th album, The Changing of the Guard.
- Starflyer's Website
- Starflyer on Facebook
Starflyer 59 Albums
-
![The Changing of the Guard]()
The Changing of the Guard
August 2010Album Tracks
- Lose My Mind
- Fun Is Fun
- Shane
- Time Machine
- Trucker's Son
- The Morning Rise / Frightening Eyes
- I Had a Song for the Ages
- Coconut Trees
- Cry Me a River
- Kick the Can
-
![Ghosts of the Past]()
Ghosts of the Past
July 2009Album Tracks
- Mr. Martin (Acoustic Version)
- I Love You Like the Little Bird
- Mall Monarchy
- M23
- Guitar Man
- Black Jacket
- Broken Arm
- Taxi
- Gangs of Riverside
- The Brightest of the Head
- Automatic
- Altercation
- Compulsion
- Concentrate
- Pearl of Great Price Daniel Brigham (Remix)
- Minor Keys
- Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want
- Easy
- Spooky
- Mr. Martin
- Under the Milky Way
- Magic
- The Man Who Will Lead
- Thin As a Needle
- The Lucky Ones
- For Us
- White Fog
- Family Line
- W.S. 2005
- The Brightest of the Head (Acoustic Version)
- I Love You Like the Little Bird (Acoustic Version)
-
![Minor Keys - EP]()
Minor Keys - EP
April 2009Album Tracks
- Minor Keys
- The Brightest of the Head (Acoustic)
- I Love You Like the Little Bird (Acoustic)
- Under the Milky Way
-
![Dial M]()
Dial M
October 2008Album Tracks
- I Love You Like the Little Bird
- Magic
- Minor Keys
- The Brightest of the Head
- Concentrate
- Who Said It's Easy?
- M23
- Taxi
- Automatic
- Altercation
- Mr. Martin
-
![She's the Queen]()
She's the Queen
July 2008Album Tracks
- She's the Queen
- She Was My Sweet Heart
- Blue Collar Love (Joy Electric Dub Mix)
- Monterey (Lounge Version)
- Canary Row
- Salinas
- The Drop
- Droned (In Love Version)
-
![My Island]()
My Island
September 2006Album Tracks
- Ideas for the Talented
- The Frontman
- Nice Guy
- I Win
- Division
- Mic the Mic
- It's Alright Blondie
- My Island
- Pearl of Great Price
- Lifeguard
-
![Gold (Extended Edition)]()
Gold (Extended Edition)
June 2005Album Tracks
- Do You Ever Feel That Way
- One Shot Juanita
- Next Time Around
- Goodbyes Are Sad
- When No One Calls
- The Starflyer 2000
- Le Vainqueur
- A House Wife Love Song
- Duel Overhead Cam
- When You Feel Miserable
- You're Mean
- Stop Wasting Your Whole Life / Messed Up and Down
- Messed Up Over You
- When You Feel the Mess
- Somewhere When Your Heart Glowed the Hope
- Indiana
-
![Silver (Extended Edition)]()
Silver (Extended Edition)
June 2005Album Tracks
- The Dungeon
- She's the Queen
- She Was My Sweetheart
- Blue Collar Love (Joy Electric Dub Mix)
- Monterey (Lounge Version)
- Canary Row
- Salinas
- The Drop
- Droned (In Love Version)
- Blue Collar Love
- Monterey
- Sled
- Hazel Would
- The Zenith
- Second Space Song
- Droned
- Happy Days Are Here Again
- She Only Knows
-
![Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice]()
Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice
April 2005Album Tracks
- The Contest Completed
- Easy Street
- Good Sons
- A List Goes On
- Night Life
- Good Living
- Softness Goodness
- Something Evil
- Longest Line
-
![I Am the Portugese Blues]()
I Am the Portugese Blues
February 2004Album Tracks
- I Need Some Help
- Wake Up Early
- Unlucky
- Teens In Love
- The Big Idea
- Worth of Labor
- Not Funny
- Sound On Sound
- Destiny
- No Revolution
-
![Old]()
Old
May 2003Album Tracks
- First Heart Attack
- Underneath
- Major Awards
- Loved Ones
- Passengers
- The Lights On
- New Wife, New Life
- Old
- A Kissing Song
- Unbelievers
-
![Can't Stop Eating (Extended Play)]()
Can't Stop Eating (Extended Play)
September 2002Album Tracks
- Compeating
- West Coast Friendship
- Happy Birthday John
- Give Up the War (Stereo Mix)
- Theme from Dromedary
-
![Leave Here a Stranger]()
Leave Here a Stranger
May 2001Album Tracks
- Your Company
- All My Friends Who Play Guitar
- Can You Play Drums?
- When I Learn to Sing
- Give Up the War
- Things Like This Help Me
- This I Don't Need
- I Like Your Photographs
- ...Moves On
- Night Music
-
![Easy Come Easy Go]()
Easy Come Easy Go
November 2000Album Tracks
- I Drive a Lot
- We're the Ordinary
- Fell in Love at 22
- Play the 'C' Chord
- No New Kinda Story
- 20 Dollar Bills
- Blue Collar Love
- Monterey
- Hazelwould
- A Housewife Love Song
- Duel Overhead Cam
- You're Mean
- The Voyager
- The Hearttaker
- Harmony
- Shedding the Mortal Coil
- Samson
- Prepare to Detour
- I Drive a Lot
- Traffic Jam
- Play the 'C' Chord
- Help Me When You're Gone
- Card Games and Old Friends
- Shut Your Mouth
- No New Kinda Story
- I Was 17
- When You Feel the Mess
- All Done Wrong
- Elijah the Prophet
- When No One Calls
- Next Time Around
- Goodbyes Are Sad
- She Was My Sweetheart
- Everyone But Me
- Wherever You Go
-
![Everybody Makes Mistakes]()
Everybody Makes Mistakes
November 1999Album Tracks
- Play the C Chord
- No New Kinda Story
- 20 Dollar Bills
- No More Shows
- Just Try
- My Name
- A Dethroned King
- Going Places
- The Party
-
![The Fashion Focus]()
The Fashion Focus
September 1998Album Tracks
- The Fashion Focus
- Too Much Fun
- Days of Lamech
- I Drive a Lot
- We're the Ordinary
- Sundown
- Fell in Love at 22
- A Holiday Song (Happy Holidays)
- All the Time
- The Birthrite
- Card Games and Old Friends
- Shut Your Mouth
-
![Americana]()
Americana
March 1997Album Tracks
- Everyone But Me
- The Voyager
- The Hearttaker
- Harmony
- All You Want Are The Things I Need
- You Think You're Radical
- The Translator
- You Don't Miss Me
- The Boulevard
- Help Me When You're Gone
-
![Gold]()
Gold
August 1995Album Tracks
- Do You Ever Feel That Way
- One Shot Juanita
- A Housewife Song
- Duel Overhead Cam
- When You Feel Miserable
- You're Mean
- Stop Wasting Your Whole Life/Messed Up and Down
- Messed Up Over You
- When You Feel the Mess
- Somewhere When Your Heart Glowed the Hope
- Indiana
-
![Starflyer 59]()
Starflyer 59
March 1994Album Tracks
- The Dungeon
- Blue Collar Love
- Monterey
- Sled
- Hazel Would
- The Zenith
- 2nd. Space Song
- Droned
- Happy Days Are Here Again
- She Only Knows