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Anybody who likes Sf59 needs to check out Bon Voyage. In case you don't know yet (shame!), Bon Voyage is pretty much Starflyer 59 but with Jason's wife Julie singing. The songs are all written by Jason and he still plays the guitar, but Julie does all the singing. They also have a bassist who (as far as I know) doesn't play with Sf59.
The self-titled first album sounds, to me, like Americana and The Fashion Focus mashed together--a lot of the happy pop vibe is there, but with that amazingly fuzzy guitar tone. The song "West Coast Friendship" on Sf59's Can't Stop Eating EP was first recorded here as a Bon Voyage song.
The second album, The Right Amount, is a bit more enigmatic. I think it contains elements of both Old and Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice--but this was released before either of those albums! Ronnie M. and Richard Swift provides synths and keyboards to the album. The song "The Telephone" is a song everyone needs to hear, if not the rest of the album. It is a true masterpiece at exactly one half-hour in length.
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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2007, 09:29:38 PM » |
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Anybody who likes Sf59 needs to check out Bon Voyage. In case you don't know yet (shame!), Bon Voyage is pretty much Starflyer 59 but with Jason's wife Julie singing. The songs are all written by Jason and he still plays the guitar, but Julie does all the singing. They also have a bassist who (as far as I know) doesn't play with Sf59.
The self-titled first album sounds, to me, like Americana and The Fashion Focus mashed together--a lot of the happy pop vibe is there, but with that amazingly fuzzy guitar tone. The song "West Coast Friendship" on Sf59's Can't Stop Eating EP was first recorded here as a Bon Voyage song.
The second album, The Right Amount, is a bit more enigmatic. I think it contains elements of both Old and Talking Voice vs. Singing Voice--but this was released before either of those albums! Ronnie M. and Richard Swift provides synths and keyboards to the album. The song "The Telephone" is a song everyone needs to hear, if not the rest of the album. It is a true masterpiece at exactly one half-hour in length.
yea i used to have that album. unfortunately i lent it to someone and they lost it. pretty freaking gay huh? do you mind sharing it with me? |
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2007, 12:36:40 AM » |
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Anybody who likes Sf59 needs to check out Bon Voyage. In case you don't know yet (shame!), Bon Voyage is pretty much Starflyer 59 but with Jason's wife Julie singing. The songs are all written by Jason and he still plays the guitar, but Julie does all the singing.  Will do! |
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2007, 10:22:48 AM » |
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Where does one hear and/or purchase their material?
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2007, 10:48:06 AM » |
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Where does one hear and/or purchase their material?
Look around eBay, half.com or Amazon. |
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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2007, 11:37:04 AM » |
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Yeah. I guess one good thing about getting into artists long after the fact is that you can get their albums cheaply....$2.18 and $2.80 for the self-titled and The Right Amount, respectively, at Amazon. Wish listed.
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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2007, 11:59:25 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2007, 01:47:39 AM » |
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I always thought that Jason's reason for starting Bon Voyage was rather amusing. As Jason put it - to allow him another outlet for "certain songs I had that I would feel dumb singing"  http://velvetbluemusic.com/bonvoyage/ |
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« Reply #9 on: June 30, 2007, 10:48:01 PM » |
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IMHO Ive never felt the BV stuff was really that good. Its kind of all same-y sounding. just my opinion.
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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2007, 07:07:00 AM » |
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Did you guys see this blurb on their Myspace page? Jason Martin(Starflyer 59) and wife Julie Martin put out 2 albums together under the name Bon Voyage. New music coming soon. With most bands, such a phrase means absolutely nothing, but considering that a.) they've only been on Myspace since 6/16/2007 and b.) the prodigious Jason Martin is part of the band...that makes me hopeful for some more BV soon. These are good times. |
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« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2007, 06:10:45 PM » |
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i love me some bon voyage the first album is amazing, the second is also great ready to hear more from them asap  |
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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2007, 06:27:07 PM » |
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Courtesy of Allalom from the Velvet Blue Music forum: Bon Voyage: Caribbean Sea (demo). Yeah, I don't own any albums yet, but all the songs I've heard by Bon Voyage are awesome. |
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« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2007, 10:50:28 AM » |
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thanks for the link
sounds great
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« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2007, 11:15:17 AM » |
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