Release of The Fashion Focus

The release of The Fashion Focus in 1998 signaled a significant change in the direction of the band’s sound, largely due to the influence of producer Gene Eugene . Where previous albums had emphasized guitars and loud rock and roll, The Fashion Focus was a significantly softer album. This album featured the introduction of keyboards in the music, which replaced layered guitars. The new sound was more pop-friendly than earlier albums, while not abandoning the signature Starflyer sound. The song “Too Much Fun” would be the band’s last song in the early shoegazing style. Everybody Makes Mistakes , released the next year, continued in the same direction as The Fashion Focus .