Released first album Old

From 2003 to 2006, Starflyer 59 released one full-length album a year, all of them self-produced. The first of these albums was Old . Old maintained a more pop-oriented sound that had begun with The Fashion Focus , but was also more guitar-oriented than Leave Here A Stranger . However, the music of Old 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 Silver , Gold , and Americana , as well as to 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 confused many newer fans and critics who were familiar with Starflyer 59’s more recent pop-friendly work. The album is generally thought of as an EP or side project and not a proper Starflyer 59 studio album, and to date is the last time guitar distortion was featured on a Starflyer 59 recording.