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by Kris ⋅ October 28, 2005 ⋅ Comment now ⋅ Subscribe RSS

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dreamlogic.net's MUSIC REVIEW . Eisley . Room Noises music review The Corrs, BeeGees, now the DuPrees, better known as Eisley. What do these groups have in common? Sibling power! Imagine sharing your most intimate aspirations and errs with your kin and with your ever-supportive ever-videotaping father chronicling the entire process. Well, it doesn’t seem to bother the DuPree kids, who have been on tour before their album was even released, thanks to major interest from Coldplay’s Chris Martin who let them ride his coattails and who reportedly warms up by crooning Eisley songs.

So who the heck is Eisley? Eldest Chauntelle is the lead guitarist, Sherri provides the pretty pixie vocals and rhythm guitar, youngest sister Stacy supplies keyboards/vocals, Weston drums and newest addition bassist Garron replaced Jon Wilson, their neighbor. Each member of this home-schooled modern-day Partridge Family fits a fresh scrubbed profile; together they easily resemble a page ripped out of the Urban Outfitters Fall catalog. Their band name originated from a polar opposite of their new look: Star Wars. (For this, I had to turn to Chris, who is the purveyor of all things technical and cinematic). Mos Eisley is the dreamlogic.net's MUSIC REVIEW . Eisley . Room Noises spaceport with the seedy bar on Tatooine. Chauntelle mentioned that “Mos Eisley was like a different planet. That’s what our music reminds me of.”

The quintets’ 2005 debut Room Noises is often touted rather negatively as “Christian themed”. Okay, they did debut at their local Christian coffee shop, but I have to disagree that religion is evident in their music. There are no preaching hints, unless you substitute the first-love sentiment in their lyrics for a relationship with God (like Mariah Carey professes is the case with her songs). And okay, “Halleluah” flanks the edges of Trolleywood, but it’s more like a campfire sing-along like Kumbaya or Sublime’s Rivers of Babylon cover. Now I know noone’s confused Bradley Nowell with a choirboy, so why condemn Eisley?

So who do they cite for inspiration? Eisley completely gush over and admit they are heavily inspired by Radiohead, but name over a dozen other artists whom they were proudly exposed to by unconventional parents. More commonly, the list includes classic rock veterans such as the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, which was often heard pumping out the DuPree house and attracted many curious neighbors. Their lyrics are inspired by Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and there is an evident semblance. There’s magic a-brewin’.

So what music style is Eisley? With their charming quirky good-wholesomeness, I’d be quick to call them “cutesy pop-infused meadow-folk”. Their lush harmonies and lullaby rock riffs send you to some forbidden yet friendly forest somewhere. The idyllic lyrics are full of childlike idealisms and quiet optimism –the icing on the cake or flowing heather in the meadow in this case. Quite literally, they do talk about sunshine, pollen and meadows, so I’m not completely smoking something here.

So why should you listen to Eisley? They’re original, modest, fun. Their plinky plunky fairytale will put you in a good mood for sure.

CUTE STORY: When eight-year old Stacy wanted desperately to join her sisters in their fledgling efforts and was rejected, she furiously ejected a taunting tune which evolved into track 2, Telescope Eyes.

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dreamlogic.net -- KRIS KOBAYASHI-NELSON

Kris Kobayashi-Nelson will listen to anything once. Her favorites include Trip Hop, oldschool Jazz (Sonny Rollins), electronica (Drum n Bass, Dubstyle, Glitch), Indie, Experimental, Funk, Punk, Folk, Classical (Rachmaninoff, Liszt, Chopin)… footfalls through November leaves, zipper pulls in the dryer, or ice clinking in a Summer glass… music is all around us!