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"Young in My Head channels much of the music of Jason Martin's youth. There's the detached, chiming noise-pop cool of The Jesus and Mary Chain threading throughout the title track, with the guitar solo echoing the bopping melody. The Smiths' forlorn swoon is all over "Hey, Are You Listening," as longtime collaborator TW Walsh decorates the edges with ambient synths. And, because music becomes so ingrained in a person's DNA, textures and hooks from The Cure, New Order and Daniel Amos all swim through the bloodstream of new songs that, ultimately, can only sound like Starflyer 59. "Cry," in particular, layers jangly rhythm guitar, a lounge-y motif and a hazy girl-group-inspired chorus for a sturdy rock song that ends in a fantastical feast reminiscent of Americana's most opulent, extended bliss-outs." - NPR “I’m no artsy guy,” explains Jason Martin of Starflyer 59. “I’m not sitting out in some field with a leather notebook trying to act like what I’m doing is special.” Although it might be tempting to misplace his tone, it isn’t insincerity, self-deprecation, or haughtiness that strings together Jason Martin’s sentences: it’s honesty. When asked about why he writes, he’ll say “because I like it.” When asked why he’s partnered with Tooth & Nail for so long, he’ll say “because I like it.” And when you ask him what he thinks of his fourteenth studio album, you’ll reticently receive the same words as before: he likes it. And that’s where you start seeing the ever-unchanging theme of consistency that surrounds and embodies Jason Martin. Even when he tries not to be consistent, he is. “I never plan on doing another record,” he explains, “but then I get restless. I write some songs, my buddies come over, we record them. I say this is the last record, and then a few months later I get that itch again.”