Album Of The Day: Starflyer 59 by Starflyer 59

Album Art of Starflyer 59's Starflyer 59 album - A solid gold color; not yellow and not brown but gold. Nothing else to distinguish it on the cover like a band name or title.

Released 30 years ago today, this is the second studio album from shoegaze/indie rock band Starflyer 59. In the early '90s, My Bloody Valentine started the "shoegaze" genre, where the vocals were often lost in a sea of distorted guitars and other instruments. In 1995, this second self-titled album by Starflyer 59, also known as "Gold" for its solid gold-colored cover artwork, was later recognized in Pitchfork Magazine's Top 50 Shoegaze albums as developing the genre of shoegaze further in the mid-90s. It's definitely 50 minutes of heavily distorted guitars and somewhat sad or angsty love songs. Though not as accessible as much of their later indie-pop music, it still has its charms and is a good album to listen to straight through, in my opinion. I love that Tooth & Nail and now Velvet Blue Music releases the prolific, rather offbeat music of Jason Martin (Starflyer 59) for all these years. Though it's not something I listen to very regularly, Starflyer 59 is always an interesting listen.

Release Year: 1995
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