#eisley

[allnightsong2]

February's Chill with all the dying dreams.

[dizzythegreat]

idk if you're still active here at all, but just in case...

i noticed this account poppin up a lot while browsing the dtg tag, and i would like to give you a music reccomendation.

before i got into dtg, i was obsessed with a band called Eisley. they are like. very similar. listen, you'll see. like my reaction when i heard dtg for the first time was "oh my god, another band that's two girls singing beautiful pop-rock/folk/idk what to call it man harmonies!!! my dream hath come true!!!" anyway, if you like daisy the great, you'll probably love them.

omg hi!!

sorry i didn't get to this earlier!! i'm never really on tumblr anymore except to lurk, but i love that you sent me this ask. lol i love that i come up under the dtg tag that's hilarious. i'm going to listen to Eisley on my walk to class tomorrow, thank you for the rec!

[swiftthefox]

I came across these old photos the other day.

Baby me with so much life ahead of him to waste.

top: with Carlos D of Interpol - November 11, 2004

bottom: with Chauntelle from Eisley - November 8, 2005 (which happened to be both of our birthdays)

both taken at the old Gypsy Tea Room in Dallas, Tx

[stephanieyumyum]

WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO KNOW EISLEY ON YAISBM FIND ME PLEASE

[ten-cent-blues]

hello there! you can call me Ella, and i like to talk about Eisley!

though i was only introduced to this band 3 years ago, i have a deep love for their music and hope to share that with you all!!

i'll be posting my thoughts on the songs, their voices, and pretty much anything else to do with eisley, and please feel free to tell me your own!

under the cut is demos and unreleased tracks i've received, with credit to who sent them in!! if you have any others, feel free to send them my way!!

thanks for stopping by, now on with the show!

Eyes Like Mine (Stacy demos), sent in by @summerknowledge

The Baby (Combinations demos), sent in by @summerknowledge

other assorted songs. a mix of live performances and demos, as well as some that were released and just harder to find, sent in by @summerknowledge

ep 1 and 2, sent in by @summerknowledge

[tanyafreemont]

*slides into your askbox to talk about my music*

hello did you listen to combinations?

ooh no not yet! i've been listening to room noises a lot. when i listen to new artists i tend to get really into one album for ages and then move onto another, so i think i'll have to sit with this one for a week or so to fully appreciate it. combinations will be the next i listen to though. recommended room noises to my friend today too... spreading the good word.......!!!

[batgirlsay]

Always Parallel

“Separated by the Wall” Playlist for Obiyuki Trope Madness 2025 by @snowwhite-andtheknight

I literally just searched for “wall” lyrics in each of my favorite bands and found some great ones! I love the figurative wall in “Asymptotic” and the cute lyric video that inspired the playlist title. The Eisley song also works as a perfect intro and I’m glad the other songs have lyrics that work well too (even if it gets a little bitter by the end...).

Always Parallel

A Sight to Behold- Eisley I Will Steal You Back- Jimmy Eat World Asymptotic- Louie Zong Future Me Hates Me- The Beths Better Open the Door- Motion City Soundtrack Over & Over- Mae Ruins- Matt Pond PA Home is a Fire- Death Cab for Cutie All We Have- Anberlin

Summary lyrics are cited after the cut:

A Sight to Behold- Eisley How does one approach this When all our past loves have let us down

Let's break the walls down And find how to live 'Cause you and I have So much to give

I know that I have taken things I've taken things I had for granted I know this one thing's for sure I won't let you ever walk out my door

I Will Steal You Back- Jimmy Eat World

When you pull me in sometimes I almost feel The picture in my head is just too real It's gonna be how it is, there's some things you don't change I'm done with telling myself that story

How slowly we built the walls Years they pile up I will steal you back

To feel secure, not feel anything I only pick a fight I'm sure to lose So how can I not hold my hope for you

Asymptotic- Louie Zong

We're asymptotic We're on it Til the end of linear time

Divided by the smallest, slimmest line Asymptotic Obliquely, here's the point of this speech As close as we could ever get, you'll be just out of reach

It's derivative to say You're integral to me We're off on our own tangents

It was never meant to be We were always parallel

Future Me Hates Me- The Beths

I never wanted to, I didn't wanna fall I don't believe that love's a good idea at all

Oh, then the walls become thin And somebody gets in, I'm defenseless But it won't happen again

There's something about you I wanna risk going through Future heartbreak, future headaches Wide-eyed nights late lying awake With future cold shakes from stupid mistakes Future me hates me for

Better Open the Door- Motion City Soundtrack

You better open the door Before I take a hammer to the walls around it I cannot let you inside my cell For fear I'll sink the ship and drag us both down

And it's all uphill from here At least I hope so

Over & Over- Mae

I woke up eager to greet the day And ask the questions that troubled me Thinking you and I could work it out peacefully

This is how we stay Over and over games we play We could rise or give in But is over and over happening again?

Am I to wonder what comes of this? Or try to make any sense of it? Do these walls we build have any significance? And will summer's birth bring difference? So here we are now waiting for June I hear that we're humming different tunes

We see the same thing but differently Stuck in our separate realities

Ruins- Matt Pond PA

Were you just being funny When you put me to sleep? I was staring the sky down Through the dark leaves

You make and break me a million pieces Let 'em shine, let 'em shine You push, you tear the walls around me Ruins in the starry skies

Now we're disappearing Strictly speaking the vague lines of ghosts You were talking 'bout heaven All I see is unknown

Home is a Fire- Death Cab for Cutie

Tempting a clean break There's nowhere left to go Watching the roots weave Through cracks in the concrete

Home, home is a fire A burning reminder Of where we belong With walls built up around us The bricks make me nervous They're only so strong, though

All We Have- Anberlin

Why do we have it out for each other? When all we have is each other? Where did we start to build these walls? And is there any way to storm your gates? Brick by brick I try to fill the home together But I'm the one who burned it down

[falloutbradreviews]

Eisley – Room Noises / Combinations

Because I’ve been a music fan for so long, I tend to forget how I come across most bands and artists. A lot of them are through word of mouth, or I find them on a website or blog, but there are those bands I won’t forget how I found, even after almost two decades of being a music fan. One of those bands is Eisley; I got into them around the summer of 2007, and I was getting into a lot of music at the time, but it was a case of watching a late night TV show and sticking around to watch a musical guest. I was watching Late Night With Conan O’Brien, and the band performed the song “Invasion,” which was from their upcoming sophomore album, entitled Combinations. I loved what I heard, because it was this weird, off-putting, and strange-sounding indie-pop song that was still very catchy and pleasant. I was surprised that the rest of the album wasn’t like that, but more so a mixture of indie-rock, alt-rock, alt-country, and folk-rock. Their debut album, 2005’s Room Noises, was also a bit of an interesting album, having an indie-pop / indie-rock sound. I picked that up right afterwards, which is something I did back then a lot; if there was a band or artist I found that I really liked, I would listen to their new album, and then I’d pick up anything else they had the following week if I really liked what I heard. Back then, I was able to find a lot of stuff in stores, as CDs were pretty common, but I can just stream something nowadays. Being that it was May the Fourth recently, and this band is named after a Star Wars reference (the city of Mos Eisley on the planet Tatooine), now’s the best time to do it. Eisley is one of my favorite bands, and they’re also an extremely underrated one, because I don’t hear anybody talk about this band. Maybe it’s partially because their last album came out in 2017, and from what I remember, it wasn’t anything too great. I don’t remember the band putting anything outright awful, but even back then, I wasn’t as enthralled with their last couple of albums as I was with their first few. Their first two albums are the ones that I would easily recommend (their third album is pretty good, too, in all fairness), as their last couple of albums would move more into dream-pop and more straightforward indie-pop / rock. Their first two albums, however, were more of a baroque-pop and indie-pop sound that were also incredibly fun and whimsical. They had a Beatles-esque quality to them, mainly for its weird, strange, and surreal lyricism that doesn’t make sense. Their debut, 2005’s Room Noises, really has that, and the follow-up, 2007’s Combinations, kind of does, too, but it’s a bit more played down. 2011’s The Valley would be a more straightforward indie-rock album, and I remember it was pretty good, but it was a little less interesting or unique than their last couple of albums. Even between Room Noises and Combinations, there was a bit of a shift in sound, but it wasn’t a bad one. They still had that whimsical indie-pop sound, but they added more elements to it. There are songs with folk, alt-country, and a bit of new wave and synth-pop, so there was some variety there. Their debut has some variety, too, but it mainly floats around between an indie-pop and rock album. What makes it work extremely well, however, are its hooks, and this band is rife with catchy melodies and hooks.

That’s kind of because of their vocalists, and this band had multiple vocalists at one point, especially on their first couple of albums. The band was comprised of the DuPree siblings, including Sherri, Chauntelle, and Stacy, and they all contributed vocals, as well as played instruments, but part of the charm of their first couple of albums is that the vocal harmonies were utterly gorgeous. All three sisters could sing very well, even though Sherri was the lead vocalist, which she still is today. Room Noises isn’t particularly a perfect record, as the lyrics are a bit too nonsensical sometimes, and they do sound like word salad a lot of the time, but the melodies are really nice, so I can’t complain too much. Combinations is a better record overall, both because the songwriting is more interesting and diverse, but the lyrics are better written, more cohesive, and coherent, versus just being borderline gibberish (other than that the lyrics provide some interesting imagery). I tend to look at both albums as being complementary to each other, though, because you can hear the shift in sound and the improvement from Room Noises to Combinations. The latter album is also a lot shorter, only being 34 minutes, whereas Room Noises is 41, but it does feel a little longer, only because the album gets slightly boring in the latter half. It’s not that it’s bad, or the songs aren’t any good, but a lot of the record sounds the same. A lot of the songs feature the same formula, including a very nice chorus, whimsical lyrics and instrumentation, as well as wonderful vocal harmonies, and an indie-rock / pop backbone to drive it all home, but it all sounds the same. It sounds great, and it holds up very well after twenty years, but Combinations is a better record. If you want to listen to this band, which I would encourage it, that’s the album to start off with, but Room Noises is a pretty cool album, too, and it has some solid stuff in it.