My Island
Released: Sep 12, 2006
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Released: Sep 12, 2006
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Starflyer 59 has been quietly releasing some of the best guitar rock of the last half-decade. 2006's My Island does absolutely nothing to break up the string of smartly produced, expertly played,...
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Starflyer 59 (Silver) - DELUXE EDITION
Released: Jun 28, 2005
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Released: Jun 28, 2005
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You wouldn't think this Riverside, CA trio could so easily overcome so many surface flaws. "Monterey" creeps into crappy Smashing Pumpkins debt; at least two cuts, including the opening "Blue...
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Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice
Released: Apr 12, 2005
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Released: Apr 12, 2005
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With their ninth album, 2005's Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice, Starflyer 59 get back on course. Their last album, 2004's I Am the Portuguese Blues, was a strange step back in time that had the...
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Old
Released: May 20, 2003
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Released: May 20, 2003
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Starflyer 59 follows up the best record of their career, 2001's Leave Here a Stranger, with an album that sounds like a continuation of that fine disc. The same minor chords, breathy vocals,...
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Can't Stop Eating
Released: Oct 8, 2002
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Released: Oct 8, 2002
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Good old Starflyer 59: prolific as ever, poppy as ever, and quite nearly perfect as ever. This is true pop/rock in the traditional sense: the type of tunes where after listening, one might say,...
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Leave Here a Stranger
Released: Jun 9, 2001
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Released: Jun 9, 2001
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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....
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Easy Come Easy Go
Released: Jan 23, 2001
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Released: Jan 23, 2001
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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...
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