Eisley Pictures

BEAUTY & THE GEEKS

THEY'RE named after a "Star Wars" space sta tion, sound like some thing "a Hobbit might make on a rainy day," and look like the children from the "Village of the Damned." They're Eisley, a family quintet who are a little too pretty, a little too...

Published: 2007-08-14 Provider: New York Post Keywords: band, Eisley, DuPree, Sherri, Stacy, single, Invasion, alt, nypost, pop, songs, sound, wrote, music

Single Minded: New Tracks From ‘High School Musical 2,’ Junior Senior, Eisley, Davey Havok’s Blaqk Audio and Lori McKenna

Cast of High School Musical 2, “What Time Is It?” [MySpaceTV] In spite of hard-learned lessons throughout the late Nineties, the answer to this question is apparently not “4:30.” Just give in and play this already. You know you’re wondering what it sounds like. Junior Senior, “Can I Get Get” [Junior Senior MySpace] Remember “Rapture”? Junior Senior are really, really hoping the answer to that question is “No.” Eisley, “Come Clean” [Eisley MySpace] Texas band turns the “Dust in the Wind” chord progression into a lithe and lovely late-summer ballad. C, G and A Minor send a letter of heartfelt thanks. Blaqk Audio, “Semiotic Love” [Blaqk Audio MySpace] Davey Havok from AFI fuses Hi-NRG and Darkwave, which should thrill the oft-neglected gym rat/ponyboy demographic. Lori McKenna, “Witness to Your Life” [Rhapsody] McKenna’s got a tough voice and a bottomless supply of big, winning hooks. Also, she said if High School Musical 2 sells more records than she does this week, she’s going to retire. Then she threw a TV.

Published: 2007-08-15 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

"Combinations" by Eisley

Already tour veterans from time on the road with Coldplay, Snow Patrol and Taking Back Sunday, Texan siblings (plus one best friend) Eisley seem set for success. After all, they have youth and looks on their side, as well as a distinctive blend of enchanted pop-rock dominated by haunting vocals and rich with melodic refrains. But while Combinations attempts to spin their sound into new forms, the band's songwriting skills have yet to mature—failing to do justice to the mournful intensity of the DuPree sisters' vocals or the potential of the album's stand-out songs. Opening track "Many Funerals" is an evocative introduction to Eisley's sound, with rich vocal harmonies pulling the mass of guitars to a taut finish. But while lead single "Invasion" delivers similar power—underpinned with a gentle piano refrain—the rest of the album is an underwhelming chaser. Undeniably pleasant, the melodic wash of sound soon becomes tired; betrayed by

Published: 2007-08-14 Provider: Artist Direct