Eisley is a band who I only started to listen to at the start because of the fact that their lead singer is married to Say Anything's Max Bemis, but after hearing more of Eisley they became more of a band who I could find myself really enjoying instead of just because of Max Bemis. Eisley is a family band made up of siblings vocalist/guitarist Sherri DuPree-Bemis, Stacy DuPree on keys and vocals, Chauntelle DuPree on guitars and vocals, Weston DuPree on drums, and their cousin Garron DuPree on bass. They formed in Tyler, Texas in 1997 and so far have released 3 full length studio albums which were "Room Noise" in 2005 off of Reprise, "Combinations" in 2007 off of Warner Bros., and "The Valley" in 2011 off of Equal Vision Records. They have also released 10 EPs, while only 7 were released off of record labels, 1 off Record Company, 5 off of Reprise, 1 off Sire and now Deep Space EP which was released on Feb. 14 ,2012 and also off on Equal Vision Records, as was their most recent full length. I would describe them as an almost indie pop rock with other almost 'space' rock characteristics, you would like this album if you like Passion Pit or Never Shout Never's album Time Travel I think you would get into an album like this. The album only consists of 5 tracks, 1."Lights Out", 2."Laugh It Off", 3."Deep Space", 4."192 Days", 5."One Last Song", totaling just under 20 min. I have heard Eisley's last full length, and it feels as this EP is just an extension of that. I really enjoy this band and almost every thing they put out, and this EP is no exception. After listening to this CD a good 20-30 times I have decided to rate it with a
4.4 Out Of 5 Stars
because of that fact that even though this band plays a genre that usually I'm not to crazy about, I think they pulled it off beautifully. My only big complaint is that lyrically this album really lacked and the fact that this album, although doing it smoothly, really felt like one big song and difficult to tell where one song stops and the other begins. Sherri really shines with her perfect soothing vocals. The band always plays amazingly together, whether it is just because they are family or just because they are amazing musicans. I mostly never do track-by-track reviews but since this album only has 5 songs, I will do quick summary's of things I enjoyed about each song. The opening track on the album "Lights Out" has the most soothing melody on the album, but as for lyrically, the rest of the album included was nothing spectacular. However the lyrics on "Laugh It Off" were the best on the album, and it it one of the slowest paced songs. Even though most of the EP is set to a really slow relaxing tempo, I believe that they really pulled everything off perfectly. If you want to listen to a song on the album that really sums up Eisley as a whole, it would be the title track "Deep Space" because both the music and the vocals really shined on this song, and if you like this song I believe you are going to be a fan of the band as a whole. The track "192 Days" was a demo from an older EP and this song, although catchy has the most corny lyrics on the entire EP. The final song on the album "One Last Song" is my personal favorite song on the album because of the way it flows, and the instrumental sections, the lyrics are also some of my favorite on the album. If you are a fan of Eisley or have now become one after reading my, mostly, positive review of their new EP, you can no longer pick it up from their MerchNow store as I did, being that it is sold out but it is available in a limited quanity on Amazon.com. Thats all for this one and until next time
STAY ALTERNATIVE!
4.4 Out Of 5 Stars
because of that fact that even though this band plays a genre that usually I'm not to crazy about, I think they pulled it off beautifully. My only big complaint is that lyrically this album really lacked and the fact that this album, although doing it smoothly, really felt like one big song and difficult to tell where one song stops and the other begins. Sherri really shines with her perfect soothing vocals. The band always plays amazingly together, whether it is just because they are family or just because they are amazing musicans. I mostly never do track-by-track reviews but since this album only has 5 songs, I will do quick summary's of things I enjoyed about each song. The opening track on the album "Lights Out" has the most soothing melody on the album, but as for lyrically, the rest of the album included was nothing spectacular. However the lyrics on "Laugh It Off" were the best on the album, and it it one of the slowest paced songs. Even though most of the EP is set to a really slow relaxing tempo, I believe that they really pulled everything off perfectly. If you want to listen to a song on the album that really sums up Eisley as a whole, it would be the title track "Deep Space" because both the music and the vocals really shined on this song, and if you like this song I believe you are going to be a fan of the band as a whole. The track "192 Days" was a demo from an older EP and this song, although catchy has the most corny lyrics on the entire EP. The final song on the album "One Last Song" is my personal favorite song on the album because of the way it flows, and the instrumental sections, the lyrics are also some of my favorite on the album. If you are a fan of Eisley or have now become one after reading my, mostly, positive review of their new EP, you can no longer pick it up from their MerchNow store as I did, being that it is sold out but it is available in a limited quanity on Amazon.com. Thats all for this one and until next time
STAY ALTERNATIVE!
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