Review: Eisley’s Room Noises
Kirk Lennon
August 2005
First a disclaimer: our evangelical zeal for Eisley is almost certainly related to the fact that they hail from our hometown of Tyler, Texas. Rest assured, however, that we don’t like them simply because of this geographical twist of fate. No, we love them for the fact that they are good, really good.
The album opens with “Memories,” a melancholy but ultimately uplifting tale about a widow coping with the loss of her husband. We are then segued into “Telescope Eyes,” the band’s first single. This is one of their early songs and has gone through several iterations. The Room Noises version has a more pop-ish, up-tempo beat than the EP version, which iTunes thought so highly of as to make their free single of the week earlier this year. On a related note, Yahoo! Music is sponsoring free one-show Eisley concerts in four cities this summer.
The overriding feel of Eisley is dreamy and ethereal; it’s easy to get lost in. The album is bereft of duds and laden with treasures for the ear. The songs are heartfelt and meaningful without being oppressive. They sing about the serious, but also the blissfully light. Room Noises is a stellar album from a group with much potential. Let’s hope the rest of the world figures this out too.
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Review: Eisley’s Room Noises